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SynthesisJournal of immigrant and minority health2019

Barriers and Facilitators to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Immigrants in the United States.

Georges Adunlin, John W Cyrus, Matthew Asare, Lindsay M Sabik

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Synthesis in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Racial Differences in Expected Versus Actual Costs of Cervical Cancer Screening among Low-Income, Underscreened Women in North Carolina.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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  10. Personal Networks and Cervical Cancer Screening among Black Immigrant Women.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Georges AdunlinMcWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University, 2100 Lakeshore Dr, Homewood, AL, 35229, USA. gadunlin@samford.edu.
John W CyrusTompkins-McCaw Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, 509 N 12th St, Richmond, VA, 23298-0430, USA.
Matthew AsareDepartment of Public Health, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97313, Waco, TX, 76798-7313, USA.
Lindsay M SabikDepartment of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 130 De Soto St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To summarize the literature on barriers and facilitators to breast and cervical cancer screening among immigrants to the US. A literature review was conducted for studies on breast and cervical cancer screening among immigrant populations. A thematic analysis of 180 studies identified a variety of barriers and facilitators to screening at the personal and system levels. Personal barriers included lack of knowledge and insurance coverage, high cost of care, and immigration status. System barriers included poor access to services, lack of interpreter services, and insensitivity to patient needs. Facilitators to screening included knowledge of disease, access to information sources, physician recommendation, and social networks. Cultural norms and resource availability at the individual and system levels influence screening among immigrants. Health insurance coverage was found to be an important predictor of preventative screening use. Future research should seek to identify the best way to address this and other barriers to cancer screening among immigrants groups.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelBreast NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerEmigrants and ImmigrantsFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInsurance CoverageTranslatingUnited StatesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBarriersCancer ScreeningFacilitatorsHealth disparityImmigrants

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PMID30117005

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