Cervical cancer screening among immigrants and ethnic minorities: a systematic review using the Health Belief Model

CE Johnson, KE Mues, SL Mayne… - Journal of lower genital …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective. To systematically review all studies examining sociocultural factors influencing
cervical cancer screening among immigrant and ethnic minorities in the United States along …

Barriers and facilitators to breast and cervical cancer screening among immigrants in the United States

G Adunlin, JW Cyrus, M Asare, LM Sabik - Journal of immigrant and …, 2019 - Springer
To summarize the literature on barriers and facilitators to breast and cervical cancer
screening among immigrants to the US. A literature review was conducted for studies on …

Examining the association between socioeconomic status and potential human papillomavirus‐associated cancers

VB Benard, CJ Johnson, TD Thompson, KB Roland… - Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND. This study examined the association between county‐level measures of
socioeconomic status (SES) and the incidence rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) …

The disparity of cervical cancer in diverse populations

LS Downs, JS Smith, I Scarinci, L Flowers… - Gynecologic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Significant disparities in cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates among minority
groups have been documented in the United States, despite an overall decline in these …

Undocumented migrants lack access to pregnancy care and prevention

H Wolff, M Epiney, AP Lourenco, MC Costanza… - BMC public health, 2008 - Springer
Background Illegal migration is an increasing problem worldwide and the so-called
undocumented migrants encounter major problems in access to prevention and health care …

Correlates of cervical cancer screening among underserved Hispanic and African-American women

M Bazargan, SH Bazargan, M Farooq, RS Baker - Preventive medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Background. Substantial subgroups of American women, specifically those of ethnic
minorities, have not been screened for cervical cancer or are not screened at regular …

Factors influencing cancer screening practices of underserved women

K Ackerson, K Gretebeck - Journal of the American Association of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: This integrated review was conducted to evaluate the factors that inhibit or promote
decisions by African American and Hispanic women to obtain cervical cancer screening …

Attitudes, knowledge, and health-seeking behaviors of five immigrant minority communities in the prevention and screening of cancer: a focus group approach

FM Gany, AP Herrera, M Avallone… - Ethnicity and Health, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Despite an observed decrease in overall cancer death rates in the USA, immigrant
minorities continue to experience disproportionately higher cancer incidence and mortality …

Influence of beliefs about cervical cancer etiology on Pap smear use among Latina immigrants

JM McMullin, ID Alba, LR Chavez, FA Hubbell - Ethnicity & Health, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To assess Latina immigrants' beliefs about the role of sexual activities in cervical
cancer etiology and the impact of the beliefs on Papanicolaou (Pap) smear use. Previous …

Development of a theory-based (PEN-3 and health belief model), culturally relevant intervention on cervical cancer prevention among Latina immigrants using …

IC Scarinci, L Bandura, B Hidalgo… - Health promotion …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of efficacious theory-based, culturally relevant interventions to promote
cervical cancer prevention among underserved populations is crucial to the elimination of …