ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2006
Influence of nativity status on breast cancer risk among US black women.
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- Addressing cancer control needs of African-born immigrants in the US: a systematic literature review.Preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
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- Identifying Frequently Endorsed Benefits and Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening for African-Born Women in the NYC Metropolitan Area: a Pilot Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Endometrial cancer outcomes among non-Hispanic US born and Caribbean born black women.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2019Article
- Ethnic density and cancer: A review of the evidence.Cancer · 2018Review
- Black Heterogeneity in Cancer Mortality: US-Blacks, Haitians, and Jamaicans.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center · 2016Article
- Considerations of Methodological Approaches in the Recruitment and Retention of Immigrant Participants.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- Health status among black African-born women in Kansas City: a preliminary assessment.BMC research notes · 2015Article
- The metabolic syndrome and mammographic breast density in a racially diverse and predominantly immigrant sample of women.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2015Article
- The role of knowledge, language, and insurance in endorsement of cancer screening in women of African origin.Preventive medicine reports · 2015Article
- Knowledge and perspectives of breast and cervical cancer screening among female African immigrants in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2013Article
- Hidden breast cancer disparities in Asian women: disaggregating incidence rates by ethnicity and migrant status.American journal of public health · 2010Article
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Abstract
Black women are at increased risk for breast cancer mortality. The black category is assumed to be homogeneous, an assumption that may be misleading. This study aims to examine the relationship between nativity and breast cancer risk factors among women identified as black. A sample of 236 black women over 18 years of age in Brooklyn, New York, was recruited. Data were collected on race/ethnicity, breast cancer risk factors, and other sociodemographic, behavioral, and early life experience factors. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate prevalence ratios for association between nativity and breast cancer risk factors. US-born blacks were more likely to be unemployed, smoke, not breastfeed, and breastfeed for a shorter duration than foreign-born blacks (all p< or =0.01). Foreign-born blacks were more likely to have parents who achieved at least a high school education (p<0.05). After adjustment for smoking, employment, and parental education, US-born blacks were twice as likely to never breastfeed (PR 2.2, 95% CI: 1.1, 4.46) compared to foreign-born blacks. Among women who breastfed, US-born blacks were also less likely to breastfeed for 6-11 months or more than 12 months, but these associations were not statistically significant. Because lactation reduces breast cancer risk and is a leading modifiable risk factor, understanding its variation within black women will help physicians and public health practitioners to target patient counseling and education of breast cancer risk.
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