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Black women and other minority women have high mortality rates from breast cancer and cervical cancer. Mortality from both of these cancers are highly preventable through routine mammograms, which are x-rays of breast tissue, and Pap smear tests, which study the cells in the cervix. Both of these tests can detect cancerous cells before the cancer progresses to later stages, and detecting cancer early can give a patient the best chance for survival. If cancer is caught in the later stages, then there is a lower chance for survival and higher treatment costs (World Health Organization, 2023). A systemic literature review and quantitative analysis was done to understand the various factors that affect the utilization of these preventative tests. The purpose of this study is to analyze the utilization rates of mammograms and Pap smear tests among low-income Black women and other minority women. The study also aims to identify some of the factors that are associated with utilization rates such as education, income, and insurance status. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 2018 was used to observe the different rates of utilization among white, African American, Asian, Indigenous, Hispanic, and mixed-race women of various age groups. The utilization was also broken down into race and then further into education level, income level, and insurance status. A linear regression analysis was done to look at the correlation between race and insurance status, education, and income. The results showed that mammogram utilization among Black women 40 years old and older was 42.37%. Mammogram utilization was lower for those in poor, near-poor, and low-income categories, whereas Black women aged 65 and older those with Medicare and private insurance had the highest utilization. Pap smear utilization among Black women from ages 21 to 64 was 49.45%. The near-poor category had the lowest utilization of Pap smears. The results indicate that income and insurance status have a significant impact on the utilization of these preventative tests among minority women. However, further research must be done to better understand the policy implications of these barriers in order to increase utilization.
"Being poor is a health risk (Wells et al., 2019). When we wrote Poverty and Place, Cancer Prevention among Low Income Women of Color (2019), we demonstrated the potent forces of poverty and place and the prevalence of cancer among low-income women of color. That initial volume was the inspiration for this volume, entitled Cancer Navigation: Charting the Pathway Forward for Low Income Women of Color. In Poverty and Place, we had academics and researchers in mind. Our purpose was to examine how and why racial and class disparities have become potent forces in health and longevity rates in the United States. Conducting original research drawn from North City St. Louis, Missouri and the river city of East St. Louis, Illinois, we sought to understand the combination of factors that facilitate or pose a barrier to cancer treatment and adherence, for marginalized low- income women of color"--
In this special issue, top researchers from a diversity of disciplines provide an overview of and insights into the major social, cultural, and structural variables that play a role in Black women's poor health, and differential morbidity and mortality. The articles focus on the major threats to Black women's health such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, violence, and AIDS, and utilize a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods from medicine, psychology, sociology, and feminist analysis. Among the articles are: * An examination of the role of Black women's cultural and ethnomedical beliefs in their use of cancer screening by Laurie Hoffman-Goetz and Sherry Mills of the National Cancer Institute; * An empirical analysis of Black women's utilization of health services entailing more than 18,000 women by Lonnie Snowden and his colleagues at the University of California-Berkeley Center for Mental Health Services Research; * A comprehensive review and empirical analysis of the role of violence in Black women's health by Nancy Felipe Russo (Arizona State University), Mary Koss (University of Arizona), and Gwen Keita (APA Office on Women); * An empirical investigation of the role of social and contextual variables in HIV risk among low-income Black women by Kathleen Sikkema, Timothy Heckman, and Jeffrey Kelly of the Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin. Other articles include comprehensive and critical analyses and reviews of diabetes, breast cancer risk perceptions, and obesity among Black women, as well as analyses of Black women's exclusion from research in medicine, women's health, health psychology, and behavioral medicine. The first issue of any psychology journal to be devoted to the health of Black women, this special issue is a step in the direction of redressing the long-overdue neglect of Black women's health. It provides a cogent overview of the state of Black women's health, numerous empirical investigations, and clear suggestions for future research.
This bookexamines ways in which cancer health disparities exist due to class and context inequities even in the most advanced society of the world. This volume, while articulating health disparities in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area, including East St. Louis, Illinois, seeks to move beyond deficit models to focus on health equity. As cancer disparities continue to persist for low-income and women of color, the promotion and attainment of health equity becomes a matter of paramount importance. The volume demonstrates the importance of place and the historical inequity in socio-environmental settings that have contributed to marked health disparities. Through original research, this volume demonstrates that addressing the causes and contributors to women’s health disparities is a complex process that requires intervention from a socio-ecological framework, at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of influence. The book highlights critical aspects of a practical multidimensional model of community engagement with important influences of the various levels of research, policy and practice. More pointedly, the authors support a new model of community engagement that focuses on individuals in their broader ecological context. In so doing, they seek to advance the art and science of community engagement and collaboration, while disavowing the ‘parachute’ model of research, policy and practice that reinforces and sustains the problems associated with the status quo. The bookconcludes with broader national policy considerations in the face of the erosion of the social safety net for America’s citizenry.