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Having an Advance Directive (AD) can help to guide medical decision-making. Asian Americans (AA) are less likely than White Americans to complete an AD. This pilot study investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a church-based intervention to increase knowledge and behavior change related to AD among Chinese and Vietnamese Americans. This study utilized a single group pre- and post-intervention design with 174 participants from 4 churches. Domain assessed: demographics; AD-related knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and intentions; AD completion; and conversations with a healthcare proxy. Data were analyzed using Chi square and multiple logistic regression techniques. We observed significant increases in participants' AD-related knowledge, intentions, and a gain in supportive beliefs and attitudes about AD, resulting in 71.8 % AD completion, and 25.0 % having had a proxy conversation. Providing culturally-tailored intervention and step-by-step guidance can help to achieve significant changes in AD related knowledge and behavior in AA church goers.
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Health care;
Church based;
Asian American people;
Efficacy;
Feasibility;
Attitudes;
Guidance;
Decision making;
Advance directives;
Asian Americans;
Religion;
Demographics;
Feasibility studies;
Data processing;
Demography;
Regression analysis;
Churches;
Intervention;
Minority & ethnic groups;
Chi-square test;
Behavior change;
Pilot projects;
Medical personnel;
Endorsements;
Medicine;
Religious organizations;
Death & dying;
Behavior modification;
Knowledge;
Health services;
Medical decision making;
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1 Chinese Community Health Resource Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
3 Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
4 Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
5 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA