Objective and Subjective Cancer Knowledge Among Faith-Based Chinese Adults

Abstract

This study examined cancer knowledge between church-going younger versus older Chinese adults. Hou's 8-item validated cancer screening knowledge test (CSKT) and a new 14-item cancer warning signs test (CWST) were used to assess objective knowledge. Subjective knowledge was measured by one overall 5-point Likert scale item. A total of 372 Taiwanese and Chinese Americans from nine churches participated. Although there were no significant differences by age on either the CSKT scores (younger = 5.89 vs. older = 5.71; p =.297) or the CWST (younger = 6.27 vs. older = 5.86; p =.245), subjective knowledge was higher among older Chinese adults (younger = 2.44 vs. older = 3.05, p