ArticleMedical research archives2015
The effects of navigation and types of neighborhoods on timely follow-up of abnormal mammogram among black women.
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- Leveraging system sciences methods in clinical trial evaluation: An example concerning African American women diagnosed with breast cancer via the Patient Navigation in Medically Underserved Areas study.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Assessing patient navigation as a tool to address equity in cancer early detection.Translational cancer research · 2019Article
- Disadvantaged neighborhoods and racial disparity in breast cancer outcomes: the biological link.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2019Review
- Gendered and racialized social expectations, barriers, and delayed breast cancer diagnosis.Cancer · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the availability of relatively simple and inexpensive screening tools, minority women are more often diagnosed at a late stage of breast cancer, in part due to delays in follow-up of abnormal screening result. One of the key factors for timely follow-up of abnormal mammogram may be neighborhood characteristics. Patient Navigation (PN) programs aim to diminish barriers, but its differential effects by neighborhood have not been fully examined. The current study examines the effect of types of neighborhoods on time to follow-up of abnormal mammogram, and the differential effects of PN by neighborhood characteristics.
methodsWe examined data from a total of 1,696 randomized patients from a randomized controlled trial, "the Patient Navigation in Medically Underserved Areas" study that explored the effect of navigation on breast health outcomes. We categorized participants' neighborhoods into three categories and compared the effect of navigation between these neighborhood types.
resultsNavigated women in mixed race neighborhoods had a shorter time to follow-up compared with non-navigated women in the neighborhoods. Black women living in mixed neighborhoods had a significant longer time to follow-up of abnormal mammogram, compared with black women living in middle class black neighborhoods.
conclusionPatient navigation interventions improve timely follow-up of abnormal mammogram. Patient navigation may be particularly beneficial for minority women who reside in racially heterogeneous neighborhoods which may be less likely to have access to affordable health clinics and social services. Health policies concerning breast cancer early detection for minority women need to pay further attention to those who might potentially be excluded from health services due to the characteristics of neighborhoods. Socioeconomic conditions of neighborhood may affect individual health through multiple interlinked mechanisms. Neighborhood characteristics, such as poverty, segregation, access to resources, and social cohesion, cannot be fully understood with simplistic measures of neighborhood disadvantage.
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