ArticleJournal of community health2017
Perceptions of Cervical Cancer Screening, Screening Behavior, and Post-Migration Living Difficulties Among Bhutanese-Nepali Refugee Women in the United States.
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- Structural Racism in Cervical Cancer Care and Survival Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Inequities and Barriers.Current epidemiology reports · 2025Review
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- Barriers to cervical cancer screening among refugee women: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The Impact of Limited English Proficiency on Healthcare Access and Outcomes in the U.S.: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The Relationship between Healthcare Providers and Preventive Practices: Narratives on Access to Cancer Screening.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Willingness of a Multiethnic Immigrant Population to Donate Biospecimens for Research Purposes.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Pap Smear and Mammogram Screening Rates in a Refugee and General OB/GYN Clinic: A Retrospective Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrant and Refugee Women: Scoping-Review and Directions for Future Research.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Awareness Among Married Bhutanese Refugee and Nepali Women in Eastern Nepal.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Uptake of cancer screenings among a multiethnic refugee population in North Texas, 2014-2018.PloS one · 2020Article
- The Personal Social Networks of Resettled Bhutanese Refugees During Pregnancy in the United States: A Social Network Analysis.Journal of community health · 2018Article
- We Should Know Ourselves: Burmese and Bhutanese Refugee Women's Perspectives on Cervical Cancer Screening.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2018Article
- Cervical screening uptake: A cross-sectional study of self-reported screening attitudes, behaviours and barriers to participation among South Asian immigrant women living in Australia.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Bhutanese-Nepali refugees are one of the largest refugee groups to be resettled in the U.S. in the past decade. Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer disparity in this population, yet screening rates are suboptimal. Nepali-speaking interviewers administered a community health needs questionnaire to a convenience sample of Bhutanese-Nepali refugees in a Midwestern city between July to October of 2015. Descriptive statistics were used to describe socio-demographic characteristics, Pap smear beliefs, post-migration living difficulties, and screening status. Differences in Pap test uptake between groups were tested using t test and Chi square statistics. Of the 97 female participants, 44.3% reported ever having had a Pap smear. Screening rates were lowest among women who did not know English at all. Most women had positive perceptions of Pap smears (80%) and 44.4% had received a Pap test recommendation from their healthcare provider, family, or friends. Pap testing was significantly higher among those who had positive perceptions (58.3 vs. 11.1% for women of negative perception, p = 0.01) and those who had received a recommendation (87.5 vs. 18.6% for women who had no recommendations, p < 0.001). Significant predictors of having a Pap smear were having a healthcare provider/family/friends recommendation (OR 65.3, 95% CI 11.4-373.3) and greater number of post-migration living difficulties (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.02-1.37). The results of this study have important implications for the development of cervical cancer prevention programs targeting Bhutanese-Nepali refugees. Providing cancer prevention interventions early in the resettlement process could impact Pap test uptake in this population.
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