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Colorectal Cancer Patient Education

Information about colorectal cancer in several languages, including a series of multimedia materials and test preparation instructions in Khmer, English and Vietnamese, and video in Cantonese. Fecal Occult Blood Test instructions in 11 languages.

Multimedia Materials

EthnoMed worked with Healthy Roads Media to develop a series of multimedia education materials about colorectal cancer in Cambodian (Khmer), English and Vietnamese languages. Each topic is available in 3 formats: printable PDF handout, audio (mp3), and movie-style slideshow:

What is Colorectal Cancer?

PDF: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Audio: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Movie: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Who is at Risk?

PDF: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Audio: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Movie: English | Khmer | Vietnamese


5 Screening Tests

PDF: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Audio: English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Movie: English | Khmer | Vietnamese
 

"Being a Winner in Life" video - Cantonese w/English subtitles

15 minutes 34 second entertainment educational video designed to increase colorectal cancer screening by educating patients about colorectal cancer and to promote the fecal occult blood test. Developed by the Asian Health Promotion Program, Department of Medicine, University of Washington with research project funding from the National Cancer Institute.

Being a Winner in Life - Colorectal Cancer video
Cantonese w/English subtitles

Download video

Handouts and Brochures

Colorectal Cancer Information Sheet  English | Khmer

Definition and facts about colon cancer, risks, symptoms and screening tests. Each handout is a 2-page PDF produced by Los Angeles AANCART project.

Colorectal Testing Can Save Your Life! For Chinese Age 50 and Over…It’s Time to Get Regular Colorectal Cancer Testing  Chinese/English

20-page PDF pamphlet is written in Chinese and English, with photographs and illustrations, and a question and answer testimonial format with facts about colon cancer and the importance of screening.  

Screening Tests - Information and Instructions for Patients

Colon Screening  English | Khmer | Vietnamese

Handouts about screening for colon cancer cover topics like why screening is important, what an fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is and what a positive test result means, screening and lifestyle recommendations. Each handout is a 2-page PDF.

Patient Instructions for the Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) poster  Chinese/English

Poster displays patient instructions for the Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT), in Chinese and English.  The poster is a PDF, 2 pages 8.5 x 14 in.

Stool Sample Collection Instructions

English Only | Amharic | Chinese | Khmer | Korean | Oromo | Somali | Spanish

| Tagalog | Tigrinya | Vietnamese

Instructions for a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) that is used at Harborview Medical Center.  Each document also includes a note explaining that there are many different kinds of medical tests requiring different kinds of preparation, encouraging patients to talk to their doctors about the test preparation that is right for them. 2 page PDF, with target language on 1 side and English on back side, Updated July 2008.

Barium Enema Test Preparation  English | Cambodian/Khmer | Vietnamese

Sigmoidoscopy Test Preparation  
English | Cambodian/Khmer | Vietnamese

Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Golytely 
English | Cambodian/Khmer | Vietnamese

Colonoscopy Test Preparation with Fleets  
English | Cambodian/Khmer | Vietnamese
 
PDF patient instructions/preparation forms for screening tests.