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Promoters and barriers to mammography screening in multiethnic inner city patients
Jane E Méndez1, Megan Evans, Michael D Stone
1Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. jane.mendez@bmc.org
Introduction:
The goal of this study was to understand promoters and barriers to annual mammography screening among multiethnic inner city women aged 40 years and above.
Methods:
Women at 4 community health centers were asked to fill out a self-administered survey and divided into 2 groups. Group A consisted of women who had a mammogram in the last 2 years and group B of women who had never had a mammogram or for whom it had been over 2 years since their last mammogram.
Results:
One hundred forty-four of 172 (84%) women approached agreed to fill out the survey: 80% self-reported as group A and 20% as group B. Group A women were more likely to have someone recommend they get a mammogram, have a primary care provider (PCP), and have a female PCP. Group B women reported they were "too busy" and would prefer a walk-in mammogram clinic.
Conclusions:
Mammography screening remains a public health challenge.
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