Cancer Screening

Low-income minority women's perceived barriers, facilitators identified

Published in Women's Health Weekly, 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...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-14)

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