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    J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Aug;19(3):797-813.

    Breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income women in Nebraska: findings from the Every Woman Matters program, 1993-2004.

    Feresu SA, Zhang W, Puumala SE, Ullrich F, Anderson JR.

    University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Omaha, NE 68198-4395, USA. sferesu@unmc.edu

    OBJECTIVE: To examine the likelihood of enrollees in the Nebraska Every Woman Matters program being screened for breast and cervical cancer. METHODS: We explored the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and receiving cancer screening services. RESULTS: Older and Native American women were more likely than younger and White women to have mammograms ordered [adjusted odds ratio (OR)=1.41, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.08, 1.85]. African American [OR=0.54, 95% CI 0.46, 0.64] and Native American women [OR=0.47, 95% CI 0.39, 0.55] were less likely than White women to have clinical breast exams performed. Native American [OR=0.19, 95% CI 0.16, 0.23] and African American women [OR=0.56, 95% CI 0.46, 0.68] were less likely than White women to have a Pap test performed. CONCLUSION: Receiving cancer screening services was related to race; thus, understanding barriers for screening for minority women is warranted.

    PMID: 18677071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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