Objective And Subjective Cancer Knowledge Among Faith-Based Chinese Adults
Keywords
cancer knowledge; Chinese; Chinese Americans; screening; warning sign
Abstract
This study examined cancer knowledge between church-going younger versus older Chinese adults. Hou's 8-item validated cancer screening knowledge test (CSKT) and a new 14-item cancer warning signs test (CWST) were used to assess objective knowledge. Subjective knowledge was measured by one overall 5-point Likert scale item. A total of 372 Taiwanese and Chinese Americans from nine churches participated. Although there were no significant differences by age on either the CSKT scores (younger = 5.89 vs. older = 5.71; p =.297) or the CWST (younger = 6.27 vs. older = 5.86; p =.245), subjective knowledge was higher among older Chinese adults (younger = 2.44 vs. older = 3.05, p <.001). Older Chinese adults were also more likely to identify cancer warning signs correctly, while younger adults were more likely to identify false warning signs correctly. Results have implication on tailoring cancer knowledge type (subjective vs. objective) and content domain (screening vs. warning signs). Findings can help health educators better understand cancer education needs among Chinese adults.
Publication Date
10-1-2017
Publication Title
International Quarterly of Community Health Education
Volume
38
Issue
1
Number of Pages
47-56
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/0272684X17749567
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
85041115883 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041115883
STARS Citation
Hou, Su I. and Liu, Ling Jie, "Objective And Subjective Cancer Knowledge Among Faith-Based Chinese Adults" (2017). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 5921.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/5921