HPV knowledge, attitudes, and cultural beliefs among Hispanic men and women living on the Texas-Mexico border

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-624

  Fernandez, Maria E ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a   Arvey, Sarah R ^a   Tyson, Sandra K ^b   Morales Campos, Daisy ^a   Flores, Belinda ^a   Useche, Bernardo ^a   Mitchell Bennett, Lisa ^c   Sanderson, Maureen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^d MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cultural beliefs; Fatalism; Focus groups; Hispanics; HPV; Latinos; Machismo; Pap test; Qualitative research; Texas Mexico border

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CODING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MACHISMO; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TEXAS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

BROWNSVILLE; SPAIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 72449142234     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850903248621     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Abraido-Lanza, A.E., et al., 2007. Commentary: fatalismo reconsidered: a cautionary note for health-related research and practice with Latino populations. Ethnicity and Disease, 17 (1), 153-158.
2. Austin, L.T., et al., 2002. Breast and cervical cancer screening in Hispanic women: a literature review using the health belief model. Women's Health Issues, 12 (3), 122-128.
3. Bosch, F.X., et al., 1995. Prevalence of human papillomavirus in cervical cancer: a worldwide perspective. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 87 (11), 796-802.
4. Bradby, H., 2003. Describing ethnicity in health research. Ethnicity & Health, 8 (1), 5-13.
5. Caelli, K., Ray, L., and Mill, J., 2003. Clear as mud: toward greater clarity in generic qualitative research. Available from: http://ejournals. library.ualberta.ca/index.php/IJQM/issue/view/376 [Accessed 21 July 2009].
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008. Genital HPV infection [CDC Fact Sheet]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm [Accessed 23 July 2009].
7. Chavez, L.R., et al., 1997. The influence of fatalism on self-reported use of Papanicolaou smears. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 13 (6), 418-424.
8. Coronado, G.D., et al., 2006. Attitudes and beliefs about colorectal cancer among Mexican Americans in communities along the US-Mexico border. Ethnicity and Disease, 16 (2), 421-427.
9. Coughlin, S.S., et al., 2003. Breast and cervical cancer screening practices among Hispanic and non-Hispanic women residing near the United States-Mexico border, 1999-2000. Family and Community Health, 26 (2), 130-139.
10. Creswell, J.W., 2007. Qualitative inquiry and research design: choosing among five approaches. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
11. Day, R.S., 2004. Nourishing the future: the case for community-based nutrition research in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Houston, TX: The University of Texas School of Public Health.
12. Downs, L.S., et al., 2008. The disparity of cervical cancer in diverse populations. Gynecologic Oncology, 109 (2, suppl. 1), S22-S30.
13. Dunne, E.F., et al., 2007. Prevalence of HPV infection among females in the United States. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 297 (8), 813-819.
14. Farmer, P., 2004. An anthropology of structural violence. Current Anthropology, 45 (3), 1-18.
15. Fernandez, M.E., et al., 2008. Colorectal cancer screening among Latinos from U.S. cities along the Texas-Mexico border. Cancer Causes and Control, 19 (2), 195-206.
16. Fishbein, M., 2008. A reasoned action approach to health promotion. Medical Decision Making, 28 (6), 834-844.
17. Florez, K.R., et al., 2009. Fatalism or destiny? A qualitative study and interpretative framework on Dominican women's breast cancer beliefs. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 11 (4), 291-301.
18. Franco, E.L., et al., 1999. Epidemiology of acquisition and clearance of cervical human papillomavirus infection in women from a high-risk area for cervical cancer. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 180 (5), 1415-1423.
19. Galanti, G.A., 2003. The Hispanic family and male-female relationships: an overview. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 14 (3), 180-185.
20. Gerberding, J.L., Jan 2004. Report to congress: prevention of genital human papillomavirus infection. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/ 2004HPV%20Report.pdf [Accessed 21 July 2009].
21. Giuliano, A.R., et al., 2005. Human papillomavirus prevalence at the USA-Mexico border among women 40 years of age and older. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 16 (3), 247-251.
22. Gonzalez-Lopez, G., 2005. Machismo. In: M.C. Horowitz, ed. New dictionary of the history of ideas. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1328-1330.
23. Green, J. and Thorogood, N., 2005. Qualitative methods for health research qualitative data analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24. Gutmann, M.C., 2006. The meanings of macho: being a man in Mexico City. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
25. Hirsch, J., 2002. Que, pues, con el pinche NAFTA? Gender, power and migration between Western Mexico and Atlanta. Urban Anthropology, 31 (3-4), 351-387.
26. Hirsch, J.S., et al., 2002. The social constructions of sexuality: marital infidelity and sexually transmitted disease-HIV risk in a Mexican migrant community. American Journal of Public Health, 92 (8), 1227-1237.
27. Hubbell, F.A., et al., 1996. Beliefs about sexual behavior and other predictors of Papanicolaou smear screening among Latinas and Anglo women. Archives of Internal Medicine, 156 (20), 2353-2358.
28. Koutsky, L.A., et al., 2002. A controlled trial of a human papillomavirus type 16 vaccine. New England Journal of Medicine, 347 (21), 1645-1651.
29. MacQueen, K., et al., 2008. Team-based codebook development: structure, process, and agreement. In: G. Guest and K. MacQueen, eds. Handbook for team-based qualitative research. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 119-135.
30. Madriz, E., 2003. Focus groups in feminist research. In: N.K. Denzin and Y.S. Lincoln, eds. Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 363-388.
31. Markowitz, L.E., et al., 2007. Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 56 (RR-2), 1-24.
32. Martinez, R.G., Chavez, L.R., and Hubbell, F.A., 1997. Purity and passion: risk and morality in Latina immigrants' and physicians' beliefs about cervical cancer. Medical Anthropology, 17 (4), 337-362.
33. McDougall, J.A., et al., 2007. Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1992-2003. Cancer Causes and Control, 18 (10), 1175-1186.
34. McMullin, J.M., et al., 2005. Influence of beliefs about cervical cancer etiology on Pap smear use among Latina immigrants. Ethnicity & Health, 10 (1), 3-18.
35. Miles, M.B. and Huberman, A.M., 1994. Qualitative data analysis. 2nd ed. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
36. Moscicki, A.B., et al., 1998. The natural history of human papillomavirus infection as measured by repeated DNA testing in adolescent and young women. Journal of Pediatrics, 132 (2), 277-284.
37. O'Brien, K., et al., 2003. Cancer statistics for Hispanics, 2003. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 53 (4), 208-226.
38. Onyeka, B.A. and Martin-Hirsch, P., 2003. Information leaflets, verbal information and women's knowledge of abnormal cervical smears and colposcopy. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 23 (2), 174-176.
39. Parkin, D.M., et al., 2005. Global cancer statistics, 2002. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 55 (2), 74-108.
40. Perez-Stable, E.J., et al., 1992. Misconceptions about cancer among Latinos and Anglos. JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 268 (22), 3219-3223.
41. Perez-Stable, E.J., et al., 1996. Pathways to early cancer detection for Latinas: En Accion Contra el Cancer. Health Education Quarterly, 23 (Suppl), S59.
42. Pitts, M. and Clarke, T., 2002. Human papillomavirus infections and risks of cervical cancer: what do women know? Health Education Research, 17 (6), 706-714.
43. Powe, B.D. and Finnie, R., 2003. Cancer fatalism: the state of the science. Cancer Nursing, 26 (6), 454-465.
44. Pruitt, S.L., et al., 2005. Knowledge of cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus among women seen in a colposcopy clinic. Gynecologic Oncology, 99 (3 Suppl. 1), S236-S244.
45. Reis, L.A.G., et al., 2002. SEER cancer statistics review, 1975-2002. Available from: http:// seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975-2002/ [Accessed 25 October 2008].
46. Scarinci, I.C., et al., 2003. An examination of sociocultural factors associated with cervical cancer screening among low-income Latina immigrants of reproductive age. Journal of Immigrant Health, 5 (3), 119-128.
47. Shin, H.B. and Bruno, R., 2003. Language use and English-speaking ability: 2000 [Census 2000 brief]. Available from: http://www.census.gov/prod/ 2003pubs/c2kbr-29.pdf [Accessed 23 July 2009].
48. Singh, G.K., et al., 2004. Persistent area socioeconomic disparities in U.S. incidence of cervical cancer, mortality, stage, and survival, 1975-2000. Cancer, 101 (5), 1051-1057.
49. Sobralske, M., 2006a. Machismo sustains health and illness beliefs of Mexican American men. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 18 (8), 348-350.
50. Sobralske, M.C., 2006b. Health care seeking among Mexican American men. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 17 (2), 129-138.
51. Strayhorn, C.K., 2005. Special report: the uninsured: a hidden burden on Texas employers and communities. Austin, TX. Available from: http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/uninsured05/ [Accessed 22 July 2009].
52. Torres, J.B., Solberg, V.S., and Carlstrom, A.H., 2002. The myth of sameness among Latino men and their machismo. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 72 (2), 163-181.
53. Trottier, H. and Franco, E.L., 2006. The epidemiology of genital human papillomavirus infection. Vaccine, 24 (Suppl.1), s1-s15.
54. U.S. Census Bureau, 2007. Table B03001. Hispanic or Latino origin by specific origin: total population, from 2007 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (American Community Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey). Available from: http://factfinder. census.gov/servlet/DTTable?-bm-y&-context-dt&- ds-name-ACS-2007-1YR-G00-&- CONTEXT-dt&-mt-name-ACS-2007-1YR-G2000- B03001&-mt-name-ACS-2007- 1YR-G2000-C03001&-tree-id-307&-redoLog- false&--caller-geoselect&-geo-id-040 00US06&-geo-id-04000US12&- geo-id-04000US48&-geo-id-04000US72&-search- results-01000US&-format- &--lang-en [Accessed 23 July 2009].
55. U.S. Census Bureau, 2009. Table B03001. Hispanic or Latino origin by specific origin: American Community Survey, 2007 1-year estimates, Brownsville, Texas. Available from: http:// factfinder.census.gov [Accessed 23 July 2009].
56. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2001. Healthy people 2010. Available from: http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications/ [Accessed 23 July 2009].
57. Vanslyke, J.G., et al., 2008. HPV and cervical cancer testing and prevention: knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes among Hispanic women. Qualitative Health Research, 18 (5), 584-596.
58. Villa, L.L., et al., 2005. Prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 virus-like particle vaccine in young women: a randomised double-blind placebocontrolled multicentre phase II efficacy trial. Lancet Oncology, 6 (5), 271-278.
59. Walboomers, J.M., et al., 1999. Human papillomavirus is a necessary cause of invasive cervical cancer worldwide. Journal of Pathology, 189 (1), 12-19.
60. Waller, J., et al., 2005. Making sense of information about HPV in cervical screening: a qualitative study. British Journal of Cancer, 92 (2), 265-270.
61. Walter, N., Bourgois, P., and Margarita, L.H., 2004. Masculinity and undocumented labor migration: injured Latino day laborers in San Francisco. Social Science and Medicine, 59 (6), 1159-1168.
62. Ward, E., et al., 2004. Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 54 (2), 78-93.
63. Warner, D.C. and Hopewell, J., 1999. NAFTA and the U.S./Mexico border health: the impact on HRSA sponsored programs. San Antonio, TX: Center for Health Economics and Policy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
64. Warner, D.C. and Jahnke, L.R., 2003. U.S./Mexico border health issues: the Texas Rio Grande valley. San Antonio, TX. Available from: http://www.uthscsa.edu/RCHWS/Reports/NAFTA2. pdf [Accessed 23 July 2009].