Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS MR6KR0xC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives : We examined whether Latinas differ from non-Latinas in having undergone recent mammography, clinical breast examination, or Papanicolaou testing, as well as the contribution of sociodemographic and health care variables to screening. Methods : We used data from the 1991 National Health Interview Survey Health Promotion and Disease Prevention supplement. Results : Latinas were less likely than non-Latina Whites to have undergone mammography (odds ratio [OR]=0.71 ; 95% confidence interval [Cl]=0.57,0.88), but this difference was attenuated when we controlled for socioeconomic factors (OR=0.90 ; 95% Cl=0.70,1.15). Latinas did not differ from Whites on Papanicolaou tests or clinical breast examinations. Quality of and access to health care predicted screening. Conclusions : Latina ethnicity does not predict breast and cervical cancer screening behavior independent of sociodemographic and structural factors.
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