Lee Jongwon, Carvallo Mauricio, Lee Eunice
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2015 Nov;37(11):1489-509. doi: 10.1177/0193945914529025. Epub 2014 Apr 2.
The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using ethnic beauty salons to reach out to Vietnamese and Korean American women for cervical cancer screening education. Participants (N = 62) were conveniently recruited from ethnic beauty salons located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two feasibility questionnaires were separately administered to cosmetologists and their customers. Findings support the view that ethnic beauty salons can be used as a gateway to reach out to these populations, and cosmetologists have the potential to operate as community lay health workers to deliver cervical cancer screening education aimed at reducing disparities in cervical cancer and screening to their ethnic customers.
本研究的目的是评估利用民族美容院向越南裔和韩裔美国女性开展宫颈癌筛查教育的可行性。参与者(N = 62)是从新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基市的民族美容院中便利抽样招募的。分别向美容师及其顾客发放了两份可行性调查问卷。研究结果支持以下观点:民族美容院可作为接触这些人群的途径,美容师有潜力成为社区非专业健康工作者,向其本民族顾客提供旨在减少宫颈癌及筛查差异的宫颈癌筛查教育。