TY - JOUR
T1 - Pap smear screening among women ≥40 years residing at the United States-Mexico border
AU - Wallace, Danelle
AU - Hunter, Jennifer
AU - Papenfuss, Mary
AU - De Zapien, Jill Guernsey
AU - Denman, Catalina
AU - Giuliano, Anna R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported with funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention Research Centers Program cooperative agreement number U48-CCU915770 and contract #0009963027, awarded to the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Cancer Center, respectively, in Tucson, Arizona. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additional support was provided by the Colegio de Sonora located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and by the Hospital Integral de Agua Prieta, located in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. The authors also thank Chiricahua Community Health Center in Elfrida, Arizona, for their participation and support of this project and Maria Lourdes Fernandez for her dedication and commitment to the health of her community, as well as Eva Moncada of the Secretaria de Salud for her support during this project.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Invasive cervical cancer is a preventable disease due to screening for precursor lesions using the Papanicolaou cytological testing (Pap smear). Participants were assessed regarding their access to and utilization of health care services, prevention orientation, history of chronic disease screening, and reproductive health history. Factors independently positively associated with Pap smear screening were age, clinical breast exam (CBE) in the last year, doctor recommendation of a Pap test, living in the United States, and checkup in the past year. Having a regular source of health care, as well as a doctor's recommendation for a Pap smear, appears to have a positive effect on women's Pap smear screening rates in U.S.-Mexico border communities.
AB - Invasive cervical cancer is a preventable disease due to screening for precursor lesions using the Papanicolaou cytological testing (Pap smear). Participants were assessed regarding their access to and utilization of health care services, prevention orientation, history of chronic disease screening, and reproductive health history. Factors independently positively associated with Pap smear screening were age, clinical breast exam (CBE) in the last year, doctor recommendation of a Pap test, living in the United States, and checkup in the past year. Having a regular source of health care, as well as a doctor's recommendation for a Pap smear, appears to have a positive effect on women's Pap smear screening rates in U.S.-Mexico border communities.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399330701563111
DO - 10.1080/07399330701563111
M3 - Article
C2 - 17907008
AN - SCOPUS:34848877717
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 28
SP - 799
EP - 816
JO - Health care for women international
JF - Health care for women international
IS - 9
ER -