ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Having a personal healthcare provider and receipt of adequate cervical and breast cancer screening.
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- Stakeholders' perceptions and experiences of factors influencing the commissioning, delivery, and uptake of general health checks: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Community health worker intervention to decrease cervical cancer disparities in Hispanic women.Journal of general internal medicine · 2010Trial
- Identifying Primary Care Physicians Continuing Education Needs by Examining Clinical Practices, Attitudes, and Barriers to Screening Across Multiple Cancers.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2018Article
- Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening among Diverse Cultural Groups in Melbourne, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Identifying Community Perspectives for a Lung Cancer Screening Awareness Campaign in Appalachia Kentucky: The Terminate Lung Cancer (TLC) Study.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2017Article
- Colonoscopist and primary care physician supply and disparities in colorectal cancer screening.Health services research · 2012Article
- Is laparoscopy a risk factor for bile duct injury during cholecystectomy?JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
- Breast and cervical cancer screening patterns among American Indian women at IHS clinics in Montana and Wyoming.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
introductionThe purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between having a personal health care provider and adequate cervical and breast cancer screening behavior.
methodsCross-sectional data were obtained from the 2004 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System. For cervical cancer, female respondents 18 years of age and older who did not have hysterectomy were included (n = 130,359); for breast cancer, female respondents 40 years of age or older were included (n = 129,929). Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the association between having a personal health care provider, specific demographics, and health insurance status with adequate cervical and breast cancer screening behavior.
resultsApproximately 9% and 14% of the study population for the breast cancer and cervical cancer analyses, respectively, did not have a personal health care provider. Having at least one personal health care provider was significantly associated with adequate cervical cancer screening behavior (odds ratio, 2.37; 95% CI, 2.08-2.70) and breast cancer screening behavior (odds ratio, 2.86; 95% CI, 2.54-3.24) in multivariate analyses. Both multivariate analyses were adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and health insurance.
conclusionHaving at least one personal health care provider was associated with adequate cervical and breast cancer screening behavior. Efforts to increase primary care access are a necessary part of the plan to increase preventive health services utilization.
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