Vietnamese Women's Health Project III

Community Based Participatory Research to Understanding Symptom Perception, Preventive Care-Seeking, and Their Impact on Cervical Cancer Screening Among Vietnamese American Women

The purpose of this protocol is to understand the extent of symptom perception and preventive care-seeking among Vietnamese American women and their impact on cervical cancer screening from the perspectives and experiences of key informants including primary health care providers and Vietnamese American women (VAW, foreign-born and United States-born). With this information, the investigators can better understand how to promote cervical cancer screening in the Vietnamese community.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cervical Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Demographic Form and Semi-Structured Interview Guide

Detailed Description

No further extensive description.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 13

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Oregon
    • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
      • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Potential participants will be recruited from the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan area through referrals and snowball method. Primary health care providers are eligible to participate in the study if they meet the following criteria: self-identify as currently practicing as a primary licensed independent practitioner including as a medical physician or nurse practitioner, whose service populations include Vietnamese American women, and are able to understand and speak English or Vietnamese. Vietnamese American women are eligible to participate in the study if they meet the following criteria: self-identify as a Vietnamese American woman, between ages 21 to 65 years old, have not had a hysterectomy, and are able to understand and speak English or Vietnamese.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary health care providers are eligible to participate in the study if they meet the following criteria:

  • self-identify as currently practicing as a primary licensed independent practitioner including as a medical physician or nurse practitioner,
  • whose service populations include Vietnamese American women,
  • and are able to understand and speak English or Vietnamese.

• Vietnamese American women are eligible to participate in the study if they meet the following criteria:

  • self-identify as a Vietnamese American woman (foreign-born women who have immigrated to the United States from other countries or are United States-born),
  • between ages 21 to 65 years old,
  • have not had a hysterectomy,
  • and are able to understand and speak English or Vietnamese.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a Vietnamese American woman
• Not between the ages of 21 to 65 years old
• Had a hysterectomy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Primary health care providers; medical physicians and nurse practitioners

Other: Demographic Form and Semi-Structured Interview Guide; The demographic form will include the following items: age, age at immigration, years lived in the United States, Vietnamese speaking ability, and marital status. In addition for participants who are primary health care providers, the following items will be included: annual income before taxes, gender, race and ethnicity, specialty area of practice, and number of years practicing as a primary health care provider, practice setting, and country received Pap test training. A semi-structured interview guide will also be used and will include possible probing questions. A semi-structured interview guide was developed with the research team.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The extent of symptom perception	To understand the extent of symptom perception among Vietnamese American women (foreign and United States-born) and their impact on cervical cancer screening from the perspective and experiences of key informants including primary health care providers. A semi-structured interview guide will be used to assess the extent of preventive care-seeking. The interview guide includes the following topics: thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women's knowledge and beliefs about how cervical cancer develops, thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women and use of cancer screening tests such as cervical cancer screening for early detection/preventive health care, thoughts and experiences about Vietnamese American women's lack of familiarity with the term Pap smear or a Pap test, and thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women's decision and timing to seek medical care and preventive health care.	Duration of the study; Up to 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The extent of preventive care-seeking	To understand the extent of preventive care-seeking among Vietnamese American women (foreign and United States-born) and their impact on cervical cancer screening from the perspective and experiences of key informants including primary health care providers. A semi-structured interview guide will be used to assess the extent of preventive care-seeking. The interview guide includes the following topics: thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women's knowledge and beliefs about how cervical cancer develops, thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women and use of cancer screening tests such as cervical cancer screening for early detection/preventive health care, thoughts and experiences about Vietnamese American women's lack of familiarity with the term Pap smear or a Pap test, and thoughts and experiences regarding Vietnamese American women's decision and timing to seek medical care and preventive health care.	Duration of the study; Up to 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
• Collaborators: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Department of Health and Human Services
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lillian Nail, PhD, Oregon Health and Science University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 30, 2012
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 30, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): July 25, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 4, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 9, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): October 11, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 30, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2020
• Last Verified: September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: screening
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Uterine Neoplasms; Genital Neoplasms, Female; Uterine Cervical Diseases; Uterine Diseases; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB00008709; CPC-12122-L (Other Identifier: OHSU)