Disparities in cervical cancer screening among Arabic-speaking women refugees.

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Ethnicity & Health Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-19 DOI:10.1080/13557858.2023.2224953

Assim M AlAbdulKader, Alaa AlAsfour, Melanie Golembiewski, Heidi Gullett

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Abstract

Objectives: Cervical cancer remains one of the most common cancers among females and one of the top causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Minority women are disproportionately more vulnerable. This study addressed disparities in cervical cancer screening among Arabic-speaking women refugees.

Design: We conducted a cross-sectional study using qualitative and quantitative research methods at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States of America (USA). A structured phone-based survey was developed and administered in Arabic. The study was conducted from 2018 to 2019 and involved 20 participants.

Results: Inequity in cervical cancer screening exists among Arab women refugees (41% being up to date with their screening) compared to their English- and Spanish-speaking counterparts (51%). These women perceived that the top three barriers to cervical cancer screening were fear of cancer, language, and lack of knowledge. The top three perceived facilitators were the doctor's recommendation, reminders from the provider's office, and awareness of cervical cancer screening.

Conclusion: Our work brings unique insights into improving preventive care services for Arabic-speaking women. These findings add unique insight focused on improving preventive care in this group and can inform interventions to increase cancer screening amongst Arabic-speaking women.

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阿拉伯难民妇女宫颈癌症筛查的差异。

目的：宫颈癌症仍然是女性最常见的癌症之一，也是全球癌症相关死亡的主要原因之一。少数民族妇女的脆弱性不成比例。这项研究探讨了阿拉伯难民妇女在子宫颈癌症筛查方面的差异。设计：我们在美国俄亥俄州克利夫兰的联邦合格卫生中心（FQHC）使用定性和定量研究方法进行了一项横断面研究。用阿拉伯语制定并管理了一项基于电话的结构化调查。该研究于2018年至2019年进行，共有20名参与者参与。结果：与英国和西班牙难民（51%）相比，阿拉伯难民妇女在子宫颈癌症筛查方面存在不公平现象（41%是最新筛查结果）。这些女性认为，宫颈癌症筛查的三大障碍是对癌症的恐惧、语言和缺乏知识。前三位被认为是推动者的是医生的建议、提供者办公室的提醒和对宫颈癌症筛查的认识。结论：我们的工作为改善阿拉伯语妇女的预防性护理服务带来了独特的见解。这些发现为改善这一群体的预防护理提供了独特的见解，并可以为增加阿拉伯裔女性癌症筛查的干预措施提供信息。

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Ethnicity & Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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6.50

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Ethnicity & Health is an international academic journal designed to meet the world-wide interest in the health of ethnic groups. It embraces original papers from the full range of disciplines concerned with investigating the relationship between ’ethnicity’ and ’health’ (including medicine and nursing, public health, epidemiology, social sciences, population sciences, and statistics). The journal also covers issues of culture, religion, gender, class, migration, lifestyle and racism, in so far as they relate to health and its anthropological and social aspects.