An Intersectional Approach to Examining Breast Cancer Screening among Subpopulations of Black Women in the United States
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2023-09-13
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Narine, D., Yamashita, T. & Mair, C.A. An Intersectional Approach to Examining Breast Cancer Screening among Subpopulations of Black Women in the United States. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01781-5
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This study examines breast cancer screening behavior among subpopulations of Black women in the United States. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze breast cancer screening among a nationally-representative sample (n = 9,783) of Black women—US-born, non-US-born Caribbean, and non-US-born African—from the 2011-2017 National Health Interview Survey dataset. Non-US-born African Black women were less likely to have breast cancer screening, compared to US-born Black women. Among non-US-born Black women, non-US-born Caribbean Black women were more likely to have had breast cancer screening. Differential healthcare access associated with nativity differences among Black women can be informing their breast cancer screening behaviors. Efforts to improve breast cancer outcomes among Black women can benefit from interventions that account for differential access to healthcare and breast cancer screening behaviors among subgroups of Black women.