Abstract B54: Latina farmworkers: Relationships between Pap screening behaviors, acculturation, and cultural cancer screening scales

Conclusions: The two psychosocial factors associated with lack of past screening behavior reflect the negative beliefs about health professionals among Mexican immigrant farmworker women. Despite variability in time spent living in the U.S. and scores on an acculturation scale, these variables were not related to past screening or intent to screen. Other factors, such as access to health care, discrimination, and transportation issues need to be explored in future studies to understand their relationship with low screening rates in Latina subpopulations such as low-income Mexican farmworkers.Citation Format: Lisa C. Watson, Yelena Tarasenko, Moya Alfonso, Claudia Reyes-Garcia, John S. Luque. Latina farmworkers: Relationships between Pap screening behaviors, acculturation, and cultural cancer screening scales. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Sixth AACR Conference: The Science of Cancer Health Disparities; Dec 6–9, 2013; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23(11 Suppl):Abstract nr B54. doi:10.1158/1538-7755.DISP13-B54

Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Watson, L. C., Tarasenko, Y., Alfonso, M., Reyes-Garcia, C., Luque, J. S. Tags: Gynecological Cancers: Poster Presentations - Proffered Abstracts Source Type: research