Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders – what demographers call AAPIs – are the nation’s fastest-growing minority. Close to 20 million now live in the U.S. But you wouldn’t know it from our public health data, where AAPIs are underrepresented. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the data on cervical
In the U.S., AAPI women have the lowest risk of cervical cancer. However, when separating cancer statistics by subgroups, it shows the incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer are two or three times higher in Cambodian, Hmong, Korean, and Vietnamese women than in non-Hispanic white women.
The cause of cervical cancerNearly all cervical cancers – over 99% – are caused by HPV infection. HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted infection in the U.S. that strikes both men and women, and the only STI that causes cancer, including cervical, oral, anal, vulvar and penile cancers. Story continuesPrevention is not always a priorityWhy do so many AAPI women know so little about HPV?
One woman who participated in our study said, “Guys don’t have a cervix, so I thought this vaccine is for women only.” But HPV is a sexually transmitted infection. Both men and women can have it, and the vaccine works for both sexes. One reason for the misunderstanding is that the HPV vaccine is often advertised as “cervical cancer vaccine.” This occurs in the U.S. as well as in South Korea.
Storytelling made a differenceWe discovered in our study that narrative storytelling – that is, mothers and their children sharing their experiences and having conversations about HPV vaccination – can increase HPV vaccination rates.
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