A community health worker-led multimedia intervention to increase cervical cancer screening uptake among South Asians women: A randomized controlled trial
Aims of the Study: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of a community health worker (CHW)-led multimedia intervention on the uptake of cervical cancer screening among South Asians women and evaluate the readiness of South Asians women to undergo screening and their beliefs toward cervical cancer screening. Cervical Cancer Screening […]
Development of multimedia interventions to promote cervical cancer prevention among South Asian women in Hong Kong
Aims of the Study: The project aims to develop socio-culturally relevant multimedia interventions (health talk, video clip and health information booklet) to promote cervical cancer prevention among south Asian women in Hong Kong. It is expected that cancer information and preventive measures for cervical cancer will be disseminated more effectively to these women. Cervical […]
Development of multimedia interventions to promote breast cancer prevention among South Asian women in Hong Kong
The project aims to: 1) develop multimedia interventions, guided by the Health Belief Model, to promote breast health among women from India, Pakistan and Nepal; and 2) evaluate the outcomes of the intervention using the five dimensions of the RE-AIM framework. The present intervention consists of a health talk, a video clip and a health […]
Lung Cancer & Covid-19
We are glad to invite Dr Varsha Mansukh Pawar to share some of the information about Lung Cancer and also updated information and measure of Coronavirus to us. Dr Varsha Mansukh Pawar had finished her M.B.B.S( Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) in India. She is now studying Postgraduate programme of Infectious Diseases and […]
World no Tobacco Day 2020
The upcoming Sunday(31/5/2020) is World no Tobacco Day. We had the Fb Live show on 29/5/2020 to discuss the advantages of no smoking and some hot topic related to smoking nowadays. Please click on this link for watching the video: Facebook Live by Tika Rana No Smoking(English) No Smoking(Urdu) No Smoking(Nepali Version) No Smoking(Punjabi Version) #Minority #Health #Minoritieshealth #Southasian #Southasianelderly #Chronicdisease #FBlive […]
Collaborating partners
Non-governmental Organization Ethnic Minority Association Practitioner Caritas Community Centre Ngau Tau Kok (Link) Catholic Diocese of HK Diocesan Pastoral Centre for Workers (Kowloon) – Advocacy Project on Equal Access to Public Services for South Asian Ethnic Minorities (Link) Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong-Ethnic Minorities Service (Link) Christian Action SHINE Centre (Jordan and Tuen Mun) (Link) […]
Breast Cancer
What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is an abnormal growth of breast cells. These abnormal breast cells can grow into surrounding tissues or spread to distant areas of the body. Statistics Signs and symptoms Risk factors Screening Tests Booklets and resources Preventive measures Statistics Hong Kong Hong Kong Incidence rate: 65.5 per 100,000 populations, in […]