Functional health literacy in Spanish-speaking Latinas seeking breast cancer screening through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Garbers, Samantha ^a   Schmitt, Karen ^b   Rappa, Anne Marie ^b   Chiasson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Public Health Solutions   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Case management; Health literacy; Latinas; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST;

EID: 77953408747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s4957     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Peek ME, Han JH. Disparities in screening mammography: Current status, interventions and implications. J Gen Int Med. 2004;19:184-194.
2. Rodriguez MA, Ward LM, Perez-Stable EJ. Breast and cervical cancer screening: Impact of health insurance status, ethnicity, and nativity of Latinas. Ann Fam Med. 2005;3(3):235-241.
3. Ward E, Jemal A, Cokkinides V, et al. Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. CA Cancer J Clin. 2004;54:78-93.
4. Wells KJ, Roetzheim RG. Health disparities in receipt of screening mammography in Latinas: A critical review of recent literature. Cancer Control. 2007;14(4):369-379.
5. Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL, Lurie N, et al. Does utilization of screening mammography explain racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer? Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:541-553.
6. Baquet CR, Commiskey P. Socioeconomic factors and breast carcinoma in multicultural women. Cancer. 2000;88(Suppl 5):1256-1264.
7. Harper S, Lynch J, Meersman SC, Breen N, David WW, Reichman MC. Trends in area-socioeconomic and race-ethnic disparities in breast cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, screening, mortality, and survival among women ages 50 and over (1987-2005). Cancer Epi Biomarkers Prev. 2009;18(1):121-131.
8. Kutner M, Greenberg E, Jin Y, Paulsen C. The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NCES 2006-483). US Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics; 2006.
9. Nielsen-Bohlman L, Panzer AM, Kindig DA, Editors. Committee on Health Literacy. Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, 2004.
10. Berkman ND, DeWalt DA, Pignone MP, et al. Literacy and Health Outcomes. Summary, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 87. AHRQ Publication No. 04-E007-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2004.
11. Guerra CE, Krumholz M, Shea J. Literacy and knowledge, attitudes and behavior about mammography in Latinas. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2005;16(1):152-166.
12. Garbers S, Chiasson MA. Inadequate functional health literacy in Spanish as a barrier to cervical cancer screening among immigrant Latinas in New York City. Prev Chron Dis. 2004;1(4):A07.
13. Strzelczyk JJ, Dignan MB. Disparities in adherence to recommended follow-up on screening mammography: interaction of sociodemographic factors. Ethn Dis. 2002;12(1):77-86.
14. Kerner JF, Yedidia M, Padgett D, et al. Realizing the promise of breast cancer screening: clinical follow-up after abnormal screening among Black women. Prev Med. 2003;37:92-101.
15. McCarthy BD, Yood MU, Boohaker EA, Ward RE, Rebner M, Johnson CC. Inadequate follow-up of abnormal mammograms. Am J Prev Med. 1996;12(4):282-288.
16. Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Black WC, Welch HG. The role of numeracy in understanding the benefi t of screening mammography. Ann Intern Med. 1997;127(11):966-972.
17. Zapka JG, Taplin SH, Solberg LI, Manos MM. A framework for improving the quality of cancer care: the case for breast and cervical cancer screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarker Prev. 2003;12(1):4-13.
18. Davis TC, Williams MV, Marin E, Parker RM, Glass J. Health literacy and cancer communication. CA Cancer J Clin. 2002;52:134-149.
19. Angus J, Miller KL, Pulfer T, McKeever P. Studying delays in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment: Critical realism as a new foundation for inquiry. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2006;33(4):E62-E70.
20. Hobbs F, Stoops N. US Census Bureau, Census 2000 Special Reports, Series CENSR-4, Demographic Trends in the 20th Century. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Offi ce; 2002.
21. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: About the Program. January 2009. Accessed on January 15, 2009. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/ about.htm.
22. Davis TC, Michielutte R, Askov EN, Williams MV, Weiss BD. Practical assessment of adult literacy in health care. Health Educ Behav. 1998;25(5):613-624.
23. Parker RM, Baker DW, Williams MV, Nurss JR. The Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults: A new instrument for measuring patients' literacy skills. J Gen Intern Med. 1995;10:537-541.
24. McLaughlin GH. SMOG grading: A new readability formula. J Reading. 1969;12(8):639-646.
25. Kincaid JP, Fishburne RP, Rogers RL, Chissom BS. Derivation of new readability formula for Navy enlisted personnel. Millington, TN: Navy Research Branch; 1975.
26. Garbers S, Uribelarrea M, Foti H, Jones Jessop D, Chiasson M. Barriers to breast cancer screening for low-income Mexican and Dominican women in New York City. J Urban Health. 2003;80:81-91.
27. Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Fowler FJ, Welch HG. Enthusiasm for cancer screening in the United States. JAMA. 2004;291:71-78.
28. Collins KS, Hughes D, Doty M, Ives B, Edwards J, Tenney K. Diverse Communities, Common Concerns: Assessing Health Care Quality for Minority Americans: Commonwealth Fund; March 2002. Accessed on January 15, 2009. Available from http://www.cmwf.org.
29. Marín G, Sabogal F, VanOss Marín B, Otero-Sabogal F, Pérez-Stable EJ. Development of a short acculturation scale for Hispanics. Hispanic J Behav Sci. 1987;9:183-205.
30. Nurss JR, Baker DW, Davis TC, Parker RM, Williams MV. Difficulties in functional health literacy screening in Spanish-speaking adults. J Reading. 1995;38(8):632-637.
31. Nurss JR, Parker RM, Williams MV, Baker DW. TOFHLA: Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults. Snow Camp, NC: Peppercorn Press; 1995.
32. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Cervical Cancer Screening. Accessed on January 29, 2009. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ cancer/cervical/basic-info/screening/.
33. Yabroff KR, Washington KS, Leader A, Neilson E, Mandelblatt J. Is the promise of cancer-screening programs being compromised? Quality of follow-up care after abnormal screening results. Med Care Res Rev. 2003;60:294-331.
34. Lillquist PP. Can case management be used to facilitate diagnostic testing in publicly funded breast cancer screening programs? Soc Work Health Care. 2004;40(2):55-71.
35. Vourlekis B, Ell K, Padgett D. Evidence-based assessment in case management to improve abnormal cancer screen follow-up. Health Soc Work. 2005;30(2):98-106.
36. Bastani R, Yabroff KR, Myers RE, Glenn B. Interventions to improve follow-up of abnormal fi ndings in cancer screening. Cancer. 2004;101 (5 Suppl):1188-1200.
37. Gregory-Mercado KY, Will J, Starcher ET, et al. A combined approach to women's health is associated with a greater likelihood of repeat mammography in a population of fi nancially disadvantaged women. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007;4(4):A89.