Journal article
Surveillance of Colorectal Cancer Screening in New Mexico Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites
Journal of community health, Vol.37(6), pp.1279-1288
12/2012
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9568-6
PMCID: PMC6089364
PMID: 22544418
Abstract
The incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) among Hispanics in the state of New Mexico has increased in the past decade while that among whites has declined significantly. Using the 2006 New Mexico Behavioral Risk Factor Sur- veillance System (BRFSS) survey, we compared CRC screening among Hispanics and whites by gender to examine the influence of demographic, socioeconomic, preventive health, and clinical measures on the utilization of CRC screening. Although we found no ethnic differences in the prevalence of current breast, cervical and cancer screening, Hispanics were less likely to be current with CRC screening than whites. These differences wereobserved acrossa range of socioeconomic and other explanatory measures and in both genders. Hispanics also had a higher prevalence of CRC- related risk factors than whites, including inactivity, obesity, and diabetes, and ranked lower for most socioeconomic measures. Adjusting for healthcare coverage, education, and income in logistic regression models eliminated the Hispanic- white differences in CRC screening among men, and sub- stantially reduced but did not eliminate screening differences among women. Innovative methods are needed to reach Hispanics to raise awareness of and participation in CRC screening. Because many CRC risk factors are potentially modifiable, appropriate cultural and linguistic interventions tailored to specific Hispanic subgroups and aimed at pro- moting CRC screening and reducing CRC risk factors may decrease ethnic disparities in CRC incidence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Surveillance of Colorectal Cancer Screening in New Mexico Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites
- Creators
- Melissa Gonzales - Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, MSC10 5550 Epidemiology, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USAHarold Nelson - New Mexico Tumor Registry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USARobert L Rhyne - Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USAS. Noell Stone - New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque, NM, USARichard M Hoffman - Department of Medicine and Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA; New Mexico Veterans Administration Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of community health, Vol.37(6), pp.1279-1288
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10900-012-9568-6
- PMID
- 22544418
- PMCID
- PMC6089364
- NLM abbreviation
- J Community Health
- ISSN
- 0094-5145
- eISSN
- 1573-3610
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2012
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094543102771
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