Table 4.

Barriers to Screening and Vaccination and Chinese and Korean Americans, among Individuals not Screened and Vaccinated

	Screening				Vaccination
	Chinese		Korean		Chinese		Korean
	Males (N = 69)	Females (N = 40)	Males (N = 55)	Females (N = 49)	Males (N = 74)	Females (N = 49)	Males (N = 63)	Females (N = 65)
Resource Related
No doctor	2 (2.9)	1 (2.5)	4 (7.3)	2 (4.1)	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	3 (4.8)	2 (3.1)
No time	10 (14.5)	5 (12.5)	14 (25.5)	6 (12.2)	7 (9.5)	5 (10.2)	9 (14.3)	6 (9.2)
No transportation to facility	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	1 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (3.2)	0 (0.0)
No insurance	15 (21.7)	1 (2.5)	8 (14.5)	2 (4.1)	11 (14.9)	0 (0.0)	4 (6.3)	5 (7.7)
High cost of the screening test/vaccination	7 (10.1)	0 (0.0)	8 (14.5)	2 (4.1)	5 (6.8)	0 (0.0)	6 (9.5)	0 (0.0)
Did not know if insurance plan covers screening/vaccinations	3 (4.3)	1 (2.5)	2 (3.6)	1 (2.0)	3 (4.1)	1 (2.0)	2 (3.2)	0 (0.0)
Individual Factors
Fear of a positive result	2 (2.9)	0 (0.0)	3 (5.5)	1 (2.0)	1 (1.4)	1 (2.0)	1 (1.6)	0 (0.0)
Lack of knowledge	21 (30.4)	6 (15.0)	18 (32.7)	9 (18.4)	17 (23.0)	3 (6.1)	17 (27.0)	21 (32.3)
Feeling well/no health problems	28 (40.6)	13 (32.5)	25 (45.5)	26 (53.1)	29 (39.2)	15 (30.6)	29 (46.0)	37 (56.9)
No cure or treatment for hepatitis	3 (4.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (4.1)	4 (5.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Didn’t know where to get screened/vaccinated	10 (14.5)	1 (2.5)	14 (25.5)	6 (12.2)	9 (12.2)	1 (2.0)	10 (15.9)	4 (6.2)
Embarrassment/shame	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Provider Factors
Language problems/doctor does not speak your language	3 (4.3)	0 (0.0)	4 (7.3)	2 (4.1)	2 (2.7)	1 (2.0)	4 (6.3)	3 (4.6)
Not suggested by doctor	4 (5.8)	13 (32.5)	14 (25.5)	7 (14.3)	11 (14.9)	16 (32.7)	8 (12.7)	10 (15.4)