Gastric cancer in asian population NURS 556: Health Perspectives of Culturally Diverse, Rural and Underserved Populations

Health Disparities in the Asian Community Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death as well as the fifth most commonly occurring cancer (Taylor et al., 2014). China, Korea and Japan account for 60% of gastric cancer cases and gastric cancer incidence increases with age and being of the male gender (Taylor et al., 2014). Asian Americans are the fastest growing population in the U.S. and have grown 56% in population between 2000-2013 (Dong, 2018). Despite this fact, information regarding health of this population is limited due to funding, language barriers and lack of research participation (Dong, 2018). This article reviews the gastric cancer disparity experienced by Asian Americans and provides information on primary prevention of cancer via H.pylori identification and eradication (Taylor et al., 2014). The importance is raising awareness and promote discussion about potential prevention methods in a population that appears to be disproportionately affected by gastric cancers based on ethnicity. Research Topic When reading the title of the article, the article’s research question is not written out concisely. The title mentions gastric cancer and its association however it does not detail what they are exploring. This leads to the article’s abstract where it is explained further. The abstract describes that Asian Americans are amongst the highest population with gastric cancer and that there are no distinct primary prevention guidelines such as utilizing h.pylori detection and eradication. This is when the reader can find that the article is focusing on prevention of gastric cancer and decreasing mortality rates via screening. By incorporating what their article is focused on in the title, such as detecting cancer or utilizing primary prevention, would allow the reader to know immediately what this article will be about.