BACKGROUND: Despite evidence of a decline in both incidence and prevalence of @entity14 nationwide, it remains the second most commonly diagnosed @entity5 and the third highest cause of mortality among Asian Americans, including Korean Americans. This community-based and theoretically guided study evaluated a culturally appropriate intervention program that included a @entity5 educational program among Korean Americans including information on @entity14 risks, counseling to address psychosocial and access barriers, and @entity1 navigation assistance. METHODS: A two-group quasi-experimental design with baseline and post-intervention assessment and a 12-month follow-up on screening was used in the study. Korean Americans (N=167) were enrolled from six Korean churches. The intervention group received culturally appropriate intervention program addressing accessibility and psychosocial barriers, and navigation assistance for screening. The control group received general health education that included @entity5 -related health issues and screening. RESULTS: There was a significant difference (p<0.05) between the post-intervention and control groups in awareness of @entity14 risk factors. There was also a significant improvement in the pre-post across HBM measures in the intervention group for perceived susceptibility (p<0.05) and benefits and barriers to screening (p<0.001). At baseline, 13% of @entity1 in the intervention group and 10% in control group reported having had a @entity5 screening test in the previous year. At the 12-month post-intervention follow-up, 77.4% of @entity1 in the intervention group had obtained screening compared to 10.8% in the control group. CONCLUSION: While health disparities result from numerous factors, a culturally appropriate and church-based intervention can be highly effective in increasing knowledge of and access to, and in reducing barriers to @entity14 screening among underserved Koreans.

Community-based XXXX intervention in underserved Korean Americans.

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['CRC cancer', 'bilingual cancer', 'cancer'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patient'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['CRC', 'colorectal cancer']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancer']
