Social support and cervical cancer screening among sub-Saharan African immigrant (SAI) women

Adebola Adegboyega; Adaeze Aroh; Lovoria B. Williams; Gia Mudd-Martin

doi:10.1007/s10552-022-01577-8

Social support and cervical cancer screening among sub-Saharan African immigrant (SAI) women

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Abstract

Background: Low rates of Papanicolaou (Pap) screening among sub-Saharan African immigrant (SAI) women in the US contribute to cancer diagnoses at late stages and high mortality rates. This study was conducted to examine if social support, positively associated with preventive health practices, was predictive of Pap screening in a sample of SAI women. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study with SAI women who recently immigrated to the US. Participants completed a survey to assess ever having had Pap screening and social support using the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey. Results: Among the 108 SAI women in our study, Pap screening uptake was 65.7%. Affectionate and positive social support were each associated with Pap screening [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.73 (1.05, 2.87) and 1.68 (1.01, 2.78), respectively]. Discussion: These findings suggest that consideration should be given to strengthening certain aspects of social support to increase uptake of Pap screening among SAI women.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	823-830
Number of pages	8
Journal	Cancer Causes and Control
Volume	33
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-022-01577-8
State	Published - Jun 2022

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Funding

This work was supported by Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) region 1North (National Cancer Institute Grant # 3P30CA177558-04S3) and in part by UK College of Nursing, University of Kentucky. Adebola Adegboyega is supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number K01CA251487.

Funders	Funder number
Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer Institute	3P30CA177558-04S3
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer Institute
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute
University of Kentucky
Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives, National Cancer Institute
National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics	K01CA251487
National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Pap screening
Papanicolaou screening
Social support
Sub-Saharan African immigrant women

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Oncology
Cancer Research

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