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Compared with women in the comparison community, women in the intervention community significantly improved their attitudes toward, and increased their knowledge and receipt of, breast cancer screenings. Odds of women in the intervention group having had a mammogram, having had a clinical breast examination, and having performed breast self-examination was 6.75, 12.16, and 20.06, respectively, compared with women in the comparison group. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusions. Culturally informed education materials and intervention design were effective methods in conveying the importance of maintaining and monitoring proper breast health. The strength of community collaboration in survey development and intervention design highlighted the challenges of early detection and screening programs among newer immigrants, who face significant language and cultural barriers to care, and identified promising practices to overcome these health literacy challenges. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2105\/ajph.2008.143974","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,5,15]],"date-time":"2009-05-15T02:19:59Z","timestamp":1242353999000},"page":"S467-S473","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Outcomes of a Breast Health Project for Hmong Women and Men in California"],"prefix":"10.2105","volume":"99","author":[{"given":"Marjorie","family":"Kagawa-Singer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Marjorie Kagawa-Singer and Annalyn Valdez are with the Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. 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