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Cancer Screening
Low-income minority women's perceived barriers, facilitators identified
April 14th, 2005
According to a study from the United States, "African American and Hispanic women receive fewer indicated cancer early detection services than do majority women [in the U.S.] "Low rates of cancer screening may, in part, explain the disproportionately higher rates of cancer deaths in this population." G. Ogedegbe and colleagues, Columbia University of College Physics & Surgery, conducted a "qualitative study ...to explore through individual interviews the perceptions of barriers and facilitators of colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer screening among 187 low-income, primarily minority women in four New York City-based community/migrant health...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-14)
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