Sparks Shannon M, Vang Pang C
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2015 Autumn;9(3):405-12. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2015.0055.
Hmong women experience increased incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer, yet their cancer risk is often masked by their inclusion within the comparatively low-risk Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) category. Key to this disparity is late stage at diagnosis, a consequence of low rates of screening.
This article describes the establishment and community engagement efforts of the Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, established in 2008 to build capacity to investigate and address barriers to screening and cancer care.
The Consortium facilitated a series of three community dialogues to explore with community members effective ways to overcome barriers to accessing screening and cancer care.
The community dialogues produced a series of six recommendations for action, detailed herein, supported and prioritized by the community.
We posit that the integral involvement of the Hmong community from the outset promoted buy-in of ensuing Consortium education and outreach efforts, and helped to ensure fit with community perspectives, needs, and priorities.
苗族女性宫颈癌的发病率和死亡率有所上升，然而她们的癌症风险常常因被纳入相对低风险的亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）类别而被掩盖。这种差异的关键在于诊断时处于晚期，这是筛查率低的结果。
本文描述了2008年成立的苗族健康密尔沃基联盟的建立及社区参与工作，该联盟旨在培养调查和解决筛查及癌症护理障碍的能力。
该联盟组织了一系列三场社区对话，与社区成员探讨克服筛查和癌症护理获取障碍的有效方法。
社区对话产生了一系列六项行动建议，在此详细阐述，这些建议得到了社区的支持并被列为优先事项。
我们认为，从一开始就让苗族社区全面参与，促进了对联盟后续教育和外展工作的认同，并有助于确保符合社区的观点、需求和优先事项。
