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Crawford J, Frisina A, Hack T, et al. A Peer Health Educator Program for Breast Cancer Screening Promotion: Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Perspectives. Nurs Res Pract. 2015;2015:947245doi: 10.1155/2015/947245.
Crawford, J., Frisina, A., Hack, T., & Parascandalo, F. (2015). A Peer Health Educator Program for Breast Cancer Screening Promotion: Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Perspectives. Nursing research and practice, 2015947245. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/947245
Crawford, Joanne, et al. "A Peer Health Educator Program for Breast Cancer Screening Promotion: Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Perspectives." Nursing research and practice vol. 2015 (2015): 947245. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/947245
Crawford J, Frisina A, Hack T, Parascandalo F. A Peer Health Educator Program for Breast Cancer Screening Promotion: Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Perspectives. Nurs Res Pract. 2015;2015:947245. doi: 10.1155/2015/947245. Epub 2015 Feb 24. PMID: 25810922; PMCID: PMC4355115.
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Nurs Res Pract. 2015;2015:947245. doi: 10.1155/2015/947245. Epub 2015 Feb 24.

A Peer Health Educator Program for Breast Cancer Screening Promotion: Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese Immigrant Women's Perspectives.

Nursing research and practice

Joanne Crawford, Angela Frisina, Tricia Hack, Faye Parascandalo

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nursing, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S 3A1.
  2. Public Health Services, Healthy Living Division, Chronic Disease Prevention, 1447 Upper Ottawa Street, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8W 3J6.

PMID: 25810922 PMCID: PMC4355115 DOI: 10.1155/2015/947245

Abstract

This study explored Arabic, Chinese, South Asian, and Vietnamese immigrant women's experiences with a peer health educator program, a public health program that facilitated access to breast health information and mammography screening. Framed within critical social theory, this participatory action research project took place from July 2009 to January 2011. Ten focus groups and 14 individual interviews were conducted with 82 immigrant women 40 years of age and older. Qualitative methods were utilized. Thematic content analysis derived from grounded theory and other qualitative literature was employed to analyze data. Four dominant themes emerged: Breast Cancer Prevention focused on learning within the program, Social Support provided by the peer health educator and other women, Screening Services Access for Women centered on service provision, and Program Enhancements related to specific modifications required to meet the needs of immigrant women accessing the program. The findings provide insights into strategies used to promote breast health, mammography screening, and the improvement of public health programming. Perceived barriers that continue to persist are structural barriers, such as the provision of information on breast cancer and screening by family physicians. A future goal is to improve collaborations between public health and primary care to minimize this barrier.

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