ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2011
Heterogeneity in breast and cervical cancer screening practices among female Hispanic immigrants in the United States.
Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and Facilitators to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrants in the United States.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Pooled it
- Characterization of the Hispanic or latino population in health research: a systematic review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2014Pooled it
- Disparities in Cancer Screening Among the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: A Narrative Review.Cancers · 2025Review
- Patient attitudes toward HPV self-sampling and community health worker-delivered cervical cancer screening services in an underserved area.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2025Article
- Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrant and Refugee Women: Scoping-Review and Directions for Future Research.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- An Examination of Sociocultural Factors Associated With Mammography Screening Among Latina Immigrants.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2017Article
- Correlates of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Adult Latino Women: A 5-Year Follow-Up.World medical & health policy · 2017Article
- Examining the Impact of Latino Nativity, Migration, and Acculturation Factors on Colonoscopy Screening.Journal of community health · 2016Article
- Family Environment and the Metabolic Syndrome: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Sociocultural Ancillary Study (SCAS).Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2015Article
- Women's Attitudes Toward Cervicovaginal Self-Sampling for High-Risk HPV Infection on the US-Mexico Border.Journal of lower genital tract disease · 2015Article
- Breast Cancer Screening Among Dominican Latinas: A Closer Look at Fatalism and Other Social and Cultural Factors.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2015Article
- Impact of Age and Comorbidity on Cervical and Breast Cancer Literacy of African Americans, Latina, and Arab Women.The Nursing clinics of North America · 2015Review
- Breast Cancer Cause Beliefs: Chinese, Korean, and Mexican American Breast Cancer Survivors.Western journal of nursing research · 2015Article
- A profile of Mexican-born women who adhere to national cervical cancer screening recommendations.Journal of community health nursing · 2014Article
- Advance care planning among Colombian, Mexican, and Puerto Rican women with a cancer diagnosis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2013Article
- Health, Salud, : Individualizing Behavioral Needs in a Multicultural World.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Predictors of Breast Cancer Worry in a Hispanic and Predominantly Immigrant Mammography Screening Population.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This study examined differences in cervical and breast cancer (CC and BC) screening among a heterogeneous group of Hispanic women. Data from 247 women (mean age = 38.7 ± 13.3) from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and countries throughout Central and South America regarding participation in Pap smears, mammography, clinical breast exam (CBE) and breast self-exams (BSE), CC and BC knowledge, and acculturation were analyzed. Differences in CBE and BSE screening behaviors were found based on country of origin (P < .01). However, after adjusting for the independent variables, only acculturation and knowledge remained significant correlates to BSE and CBE (P < .01). Dominican women had higher BC knowledge scores (P < .01) adhered most to BC screening guidelines. Heterogeneity in BC and CC screening was found among Hispanic sub-groups and suggests that health promotion programs should be tailored appropriately, particularly among recent immigrants.
Indexed as
Identifiers
20734140What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.