在美国妇女中,体重歧视和最新的乳腺癌和宫癌查
Mary A Gerend1, Lucille J Wilkinson2, Chandler Pendleton2
1Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Preventive medicine
|November 24, 2025
概括
体重歧视阻碍了白人妇女接受宫和乳腺检查等癌症查. 黑人女性没有表现出这种关联. 需要医疗保健策略来解决体重耻辱问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 预防癌症 预防癌症
背景情况:
- 与体重相关的歧视是一个重要的压力因素.
- 它对癌症查吸收的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 了解这些障碍对于健康公平至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查体重歧视与最新的宫癌和乳腺癌查 (UTD) 之间的关联.
- 为了调查这一关系在一个多样化的样本的美国妇女身体质量指数 (BMI) 频谱.
主要方法:
- 在2021年对909名25-64岁的女性 (子宫部查) 和442名女性 (乳腺查) 进行在线调查.
- 使用污名化情况调查简报来衡量体重歧视.
- 多变量逻辑回归调整为黑人和白人女性的BMI和人口统计学.
主要成果:
- 在白人女性中,增加体重歧视与UTD宫癌查 (AOR=0.78) 和乳腺癌查 (AOR=0.53) 的几率较低有关.
- 体重歧视的每一个单位增加,在白人女性中,查几率降低了25-50%.
- 在黑人女性的体重歧视和查之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 体重歧视可能会阻止女性寻求常规癌症查.
- 医疗保健机构需要策略来减轻与体重相关的歧视对健康的负面影响.
- 解决体重耻辱问题对于改善癌症查率和减少健康差异至关重要.
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