WHAT IS SPHERE?
Funded by Stanford Precision Health Research for Ethnic and Racial Equity (SPHERE) Center, the program explores strategies to meaningfully engage and educate racial and ethnic minorities about precision health and precision health research.
WHO WE SERVE
ICAN is proud to help strengthen the voice of Vietnamese Americans in the area of research so that culturally competent strategies and services can be documented to serve Vietnamese communities around the world better.
WHAT WE DO
Precision health is defined as “an innovative approach in disease prevention and treatment that takes into account people’s individual differences in genes, environment and lifestyle.” In an effort to recruit one million persons into precision health studies while reflecting the cultural diversity in the U.S., ICAN worked with Dr. VJ Periyakoil, Protocol Director, and Dr. Van Ta Park, Associate Professor at UCSF School of Nursing, SPHERE Consortium Core Member and Community Co-Chair, and other academia throughout the country.
WHY IT MATTERS
This research project is critical to understanding the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors (KAB) of precision health among Vietnamese Americans and to develop a culturally tailored texting strategy to educate and engage Vietnamese Americans in precision health and precision health research.
WHAT WERE OUR DELIVERABLES?
Phase 1:
1) To examine pre- and post-test knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about precision health among 30 Vietnamese Americans by three primary groups (in years: 18-30, 31-59, 60+)
2) To quantitatively understand the KAB regarding precision health educational text messages among 30 Vietnamese Americans, by three primary groups (in years: 18-30, 31-59, 60+)
Phase 2:
3) To develop and pilot test the acceptability and utility of a culturally tailored texting strategy to educate and engage Vietnamese Americans in precision health and precision health research
4) To quantitatively examine post-test KAB about precision health among ten Phase 1 participants
