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Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Among Mexican Migrant Women, 2013
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Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Among Mexican Migrant Women, 2013

Natalie Guerrero, Xiao Zhang, Gudelia Rangel, J Eduardo Gonzalez-Fagoaga and Ana Martinez-Donate
Preventing chronic disease, v 13(8), pp E104-E104
11 Aug 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.160036
PMID: 27513995
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Abstract

Adult Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Cross-Sectional Studies Early Detection of Cancer - methods Female Humans Insurance, Health Logistic Models Mammography Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data Middle Aged Odds Ratio Papanicolaou Test Self Report Socioeconomic Factors Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data Undocumented Immigrants - statistics & numerical data United States Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis Vaginal Smears
Information on cervical and breast cancer screening among Latinas in the United States is limited. Even less information is available on screening practices of migrant women who engage in circular migration. We examined rates of cervical and breast cancer screening and the extent to which sociodemographics and other characteristics explain screening practices of Mexican migrant women who return to Mexico from the United States. We used data from a cross-sectional probability survey of Mexico-born migrant women who returned, through Tijuana, to Mexico from the United States in 2013. The sample consisted of women who returned involuntarily (via deportation) or voluntarily; 177 reported authorized documentation status, and 36 reported unauthorized documentation status in the previous 12 months. Descriptive statistics were calculated and logistic regressions were estimated. Of 36 undocumented migrant women, 8 (22.2%) had a Papanicolaou test and 11 (30.6%) had a mammogram in the previous year; of 177 documented migrants, 83 (46.9%) had a Papanicolaou test and 68 (38.4%) had a mammogram. Undocumented migrants were less likely than documented migrants to receive a Papanicolaou test (odds ratio [OR] = 0.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.12-0.67); the likelihood was similar after adjustment for sociodemographic, migration, and acculturation factors (adjusted OR = 0.33; 95% CI, 0.12-0.90). Having health insurance (adjusted OR = 4.17; 95% CI, 1.80-9.65) and a regular source of health care (adjusted OR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.05-7.65) were significant predictors of receiving a mammogram but not a Papanicolaou test. Public health programs are needed to improve access to cervical and breast cancer screenings for Latina migrant women in general and undocumented circular migrants in particular.

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