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Development and Assessment of a Helicobacter pylori Medication Adherence and Stomach Cancer Prevention Curriculum for a Chinese American Immigrant Population

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Chinese American immigrants are at increased risk for Helicobacter pylori infection and stomach cancer. Despite their increased risk, very few prevention strategies exist which target this vulnerable population. The purpose of this article is to present the stakeholder engaged development, review, assessment, refinement, and finalization of a H. pylori treatment adherence and stomach cancer prevention curriculum specifically designed to engage vulnerable, limited English proficient Chinese Americans in New York City.

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This study was funded by the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health grant and the National Institute of Health National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant, U54MD000538.

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  1. Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, VZN, 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10016-6481, USA

    Simona C. Kwon, Julie A. Kranick, Nassira Bougrab, Janet Pan & Chau Trinh-Shevrin

  2. Department of Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, USA

    Renee Williams

  3. Department of Medicine (Translational Medicine) and Microbiology, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, USA

    Guillermo Ignacio Perez-Perez

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Kwon, S.C., Kranick, J.A., Bougrab, N. et al. Development and Assessment of a Helicobacter pylori Medication Adherence and Stomach Cancer Prevention Curriculum for a Chinese American Immigrant Population. J Canc Educ 34, 519–525 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1333-9

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