Barriers to cervical cancer screening among immigrants
Brittany Strelow1, Danielle O'Laughlin
1Brittany Strelow is clinical co-director of development in the PA program at the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences in Rochester, Minn., and practices in community internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. Danielle O'Laughlin is clinical skills co-director in the Mayo Clinic PA program and practices in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
For women ages 21 to 65 years who have not had a hysterectomy, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends cervical cancer screening with cytology (Pap smear) every 3 years or a combination of cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) testing every 5 years. However, foreign-born women were less likely to have received a Pap smear compared with US-born women. This article reviews barriers to cervical cancer screening for foreign-born women.
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