Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States.

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Adeyemi, M. (2013). Factors affecting cervical cancer screening among African women living in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3605324)
More than half of the incidents and mortality rates from cervical cancer occur among minority groups, including immigrant women from continental Africa living in the United States…

Cancer screening participation: Comparative willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans.

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Claudio, C., Katz, R. V., Green, L., Kressin, N. R., Wang, M. Q., & Russell, S. L. (2007). Cancer screening participation: Comparative willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans. Journal of the National Medical Association, 99(5), 542-549.
Objectives: The specific aim of this study was to determine the self-reported likelihood of New York Puerto Ricans (NYPR) and San Juan Puerto Ricans (SJPR) to participate in: 10 s…

Racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening across healthcare systems.

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Burnett-Hartman, A. N., Mehta, S. J., Zheng, Y., Ghai, N. R., McLerran, D. F., Chubak, J., …& Doubeni, C. A., (2016). Racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening across healthcare systems. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51(4), e107-e115.
Introduction: Racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and diagnostic testing present challenges to CRC prevention programs. Thus, it is important to underst…

Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women (Review).

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O’Mahony, M., Comber, H., Fitzgerald, T., Corrigan, M.A., Fitzgerald, E., Grunfeld, E.A., … Hegarty, J. (2017). Interventions for raising breast cancer awareness in women (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(2), 1-42.
Background: Breast cancer continues to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women globally. Early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer are key to better outcome…

Influence of health insurance coverage on breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care settings.

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Carney, P. A., O’Malley, J., Buckley, D. I., Mori, M., Lieberman, D. A., Fagnan, L. J., …& Morris, C., (2012). Influence of health insurance coverage on breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care settings. Cancer, 118, 6217-6225.
BACKGROUND:The current study was performed to determine, in rural settings, the relation between the type and status of insurance coverage and being up-to-date for breast, cervica…

Trends in colorectal cancer screening over time for persons with and without chronic disability.

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Iezzoni, L. I., Kurtz, S. G., & Rao, S. R., (2016). Trends in colorectal cancer screening over time for persons with and without chronic disability. Disability and Health Journal, 9(3), 498-509.
Background—Persons with disabilities have often experienced disparities in routine cancer screening. However, with civil rights protections from the 1990 Americans with Disabiliti…

Previous cancer screening behaviour as predictor of endoscopic colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, in NYC 2002.

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Guerrero-Preston, R., Chan, C., Vlahov, D., Mitchell, M. K., Johnson, S. B., & Freeman, H., (2008). Previous cancer screening behaviour as predictor of endoscopic colon cancer screening among women aged 50 and over, in NYC 2002. Journal of Community Health, 33, 10-21.
Colon cancer screening rates in women are low. Whether screening for breast and cervical cancer is associated with colon cancer screening behavior is unknown but could provide lin…

Potential links between health literacy and cervical cancer screening behaviors: A systematic review.

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Kyounghae, K., & Hae-Ra, H., (2016). Potential links between health literacy and cervical cancer screening behaviors: A systematic review. Psycho-Oncology, 25(2), 122-130.
Objective: The objective of this study is to critically appraise empirical evidence investigating pathways between health literacy (HL) and cervical cancer screening.  Methods: A…

Colorectal, prostate, and skin cancer screening among hispanic and white non-hispanic men, 2000-2005.

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Zhou, J., Enewold, L., Peoples, G.E., McLeod, D.G., Potter, J.F., Steele, S.R., Clive, K.S., Stojadinovic, A., & Zhu, K., (2011). Colorectal, prostate, and skin cancer screening among hispanic and white non-hispanic men, 2000-2005. Journal of the National Medical Association, 103(4), 343-350.
Background: Hispanic men have lower colorectal, prostate, and skin cancer screening rates than white non-Hispanic men. Programs designed to increase screening rates, including the…

A focus group study of factors influencing African-American men’s prostate cancer screening behavior.

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Odedina, F., Scrivens, J., Emanuel, A., LaRose-Pierre, M., Brown, J., & Nash, R., (2004). A focus group study of factors influencing African-American men’s prostate cancer screening behavior. Journal of the National Medical Association, 96(6), 780-788.
This study was conducted to identify the factors perceived by African-American men as influencing their behavior relative to prostate cancer screening. A total of 49 African-Ameri…

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