Background According to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, Vietnamese-American women have the highest incidence rate of cervical cancer of 43 per 100,000, which is five times higher than the general population. Previous studies have attributed the higher incidence rate to lower cervical cancer screening or Pap test rates. The Human papilomavirus (HPV) is one of the causes of cervical cancer and recently, a new vaccination for HPV called Gardasil has been introduced and promoted as a way to reduce cervical cancer rates. With these resources available, cervical cancer is preventable, yet it still occurs at high rates within Vietnamese-American women. Through a grant received from the Minnesota’s Futur