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Predictors of mammography screening among ethnically diverse low-income women
Terry A Cronan1, Ian Villalta, Emily Gottfried
1San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA. tcronan@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Background And Purpose:
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. Minority women are less likely to be screened and more likely to die from breast cancer than are Caucasian women. Although some studies have examined ethnic disparities in mammography screening, no study has examined whether there are ethnic disparities among low-income, ethnically diverse women. The present study was designed to determine whether there are ethnic disparities in mammography screening and predictors of screening among low-income African American, Mexican American, and Caucasian women, and to determine whether the disparities and predictors vary across ethnic groups.
Methods:
The participants were 146 low-income women who were Mexican American (32%), African American (31%), or Caucasian (37%). Statistical analyses were performed to assess the relationships between mammography screening during the past 2 years and potential predictors of screening, both within ethnic groups and for the combined sample.
Results:
The results varied depending on whether analyses combined ethnic groups or were performed within each of the three ethnic groups.
Conclusions:
It is, therefore, important to examine within-group differences when examining ethnic disparities in predictors of mammography.
