County of Residence and Screening Practices among Latinas and Non-Latina Whites in Two Rural Communities | Zendy

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County of Residence and Screening Practices among Latinas and Non-Latina Whites in Two Rural Communities

Author(s) -

Catherine Duggan,

Yamilé Molina,

Elizabeth Carosso,

Genoveva Ibarra,

Beti Thompson

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

ethnicity and disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1945-0826

pISSN - 1049-510X

DOI - 10.18865/ed.29.1.31

Subject(s) - medicine , residence , logistic regression , demography , ethnic group , odds ratio , guideline , multivariate analysis , mammography , demographics , gerontology , family medicine , breast cancer screening , breast cancer , cancer , pathology , sociology , anthropology

Latinas are less likely than non-Latina Whites (NLW) to utilize mammographic screening and are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. Here, we examine the effects of county-level factors on guideline-concordant breast-cancer screening behaviors in Latinas and NLWs.

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