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. 2015 Nov;37(11):1489-509.
doi: 10.1177/0193945914529025. Epub 2014 Apr 2.

Feasibility of Utilizing Ethnic Beauty Salons for Cervical Cancer Screening Education

Jongwon Lee  1 , Mauricio Carvallo  2 , Eunice Lee  3
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Feasibility of Utilizing Ethnic Beauty Salons for Cervical Cancer Screening Education

Jongwon Lee et al. West J Nurs Res. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Asian American; cervical cancer; education; ethnic beauty salons.

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