IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aph/ajpbhl/2003934618-623_5.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Breast and cervical cancer screening: Sociodemographic predictors among White, Black, and Hispanic women

Author

Listed:
  • Selvin, E.
  • Brett, K.M.

Abstract

Objectives. We evaluated the relationship between breast and cervical cancer screening and a variety of variables across race/ethnicity groups. Methods. Using logistic regression models, we analyzed data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey to assess the relative importance of the independent variables in predicting use of cancer screening services. Results. Having a usual source of care was the most important predictor of cancer screening use for all race/ethnicity groups. Health insurance was associated with an increased likelihood of cancer screening. Smoking was associated with a decreased likelihood of cancer screening. Conclusions. Regardless of race/ethnicity, most women follow mammography and cervical cancer screening guidelines. The identification of specific factors associated with adherence to cancer screening guidelines may help inform screening campaigns.

Suggested Citation

  • Selvin, E. & Brett, K.M., 2003. "Breast and cervical cancer screening: Sociodemographic predictors among White, Black, and Hispanic women," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 93(4), pages 618-623.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:4:618-623_5
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Margaret A. Brunton, 2009. "The Role of Effective Communication to Enhance Participation in Screening Mammography: A New Zealand Case," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(2), pages 1-18, February.
    2. Daniel Bremer & Daniel Lüdecke & Olaf von dem Knesebeck, 2019. "Social Relationships, Age and the Use of Preventive Health Services: Findings from the German Ageing Survey," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(21), pages 1-14, November.
    3. Alexa L. Solazzo & Bridget K. Gorman & Justin T. Denney, 2017. "Cancer Screening Utilization Among U.S. Women: How Mammogram and Pap Test Use Varies Among Heterosexual, Lesbian, and Bisexual Women," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 36(3), pages 357-377, June.
    4. Hale Koç & Owen O’Donnell & Tom Van Ourti, 2018. "What Explains Education Disparities in Screening Mammography in the United States? A Comparison with The Netherlands," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-13, September.
    5. Franz Hackl & Martin Halla & Michael Hummer & Gerald J. Pruckner, 2015. "The Effectiveness of Health Screening," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(8), pages 913-935, August.
    6. Boyoung Park & Kui Son Choi & Mina Suh & Ji-Yeon Shin & Jae Kwan Jun, 2013. "Factors Associated with Compliance with Recommendations for Liver Cancer Screening in Korea: A Nationwide Survey in Korea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(6), pages 1-8, June.
    7. Sabates, Ricardo & Feinstein, Leon, 2006. "The role of education in the uptake of preventative health care: The case of cervical screening in Britain," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 62(12), pages 2998-3010, June.
    8. Coughlin, Steven S. & Leadbetter, Steven & Richards, Thomas & Sabatino, Susan A., 2008. "Contextual analysis of breast and cervical cancer screening and factors associated with health care access among United States women, 2002," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 66(2), pages 260-275, January.
    9. Tracy MacIntosh & Mayur M Desai & Tene T Lewis & Beth A Jones & Marcella Nunez-Smith, 2013. "Socially-Assigned Race, Healthcare Discrimination and Preventive Healthcare Services," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(5), pages 1-7, May.
    10. Frank J Penedo & Betina Yanez & Sheila F Castañeda & Linda Gallo & Katy Wortman & Natalia Gouskova & Melissa Simon & William Arguelles & Maria Llabre & Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen & Carrie Brintz & Patricia , 2016. "Self-Reported Cancer Prevalence among Hispanics in the US: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, January.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2003:93:4:618-623_5. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Christopher F Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.apha.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.