Pap Smear and Mammogram Screening Rates in a Refugee and General OB/GYN Clinic: A Retrospective Review

Although multiple studies have shown that resettled refugee women are less likely to receive preventative cancer screenings like pap smears and mammograms, a small number have demonstrated the opposite. This retrospective chart review, conducted between January 2017 and October 2018, compares pap sm...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022-02, Vol.24 (1), p.111-117
Main Authors: Lobo, Sylvia J., Lin, Jessica G., Vais, Simone, Wang, Dongyu, Adegoke, Tejumola M., Wu, Wan-Ju, Steer-Massaro, Courtney
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer screening
Cervical cancer
Chart reviews
Comparative Law
Female
Humans
International & Foreign Law
Lead poisoning
Mammography
Mass Screening
Medical screening
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Paper
Pap smear
Papanicolaou Test
Patients
Private International Law
Public Health
Refugees
Retrospective Studies
Sociology
Tests
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - diagnosis
Vaginal Smears
Women
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Summary:Although multiple studies have shown that resettled refugee women are less likely to receive preventative cancer screenings like pap smears and mammograms, a small number have demonstrated the opposite. This retrospective chart review, conducted between January 2017 and October 2018, compares pap smear and mammogram rates of patients seen in a refugee-specific OB/GYN clinic with patients from the general OB/GYN clinic at the same institution. Data from 298 patients (149 refugee and 149 general clinic patients matched by age and date-of-visit) were analyzed. Pap smear screening rates were 90.60% in the refugee group and 73.83% in the general group [p 
ISSN:1557-1912
1557-1920
DOI:10.1007/s10903-021-01297-2