Abstract
Colorectal cancer screening (CRC) disparities between non-Latino Whites and Latinos remain, and may have increased. The goal
of this analysis was to examine the association between Latino race/ethnicity, gender, and English-proficiency and CRC screening.
Analysis of the CDC’s BRFSS 2008 survey. We estimated crude and adjusted screening rates and odds ratios of respondents’ reported
CRC test receipt stratified by self-reported Latino ethnicity, gender, and limited English proficiency (LEP) as determined
by language of survey response (English vs Spanish). Of 99,883 respondents included in the study populations, LEP Latino men
had the lowest adjusted screening rates (48.2 %) which were lower that all other Latinos subgroups including Latina women
with LEP (56.2 %). Compared to non-Latino White men, LEP Latino men were 0.47 times as likely to report receiving CRC screening
tests (AOR 0.47; 95 % CI 0.35–0.63). Disparities in CRC screening are most dramatic for LEP Latino men.
of this analysis was to examine the association between Latino race/ethnicity, gender, and English-proficiency and CRC screening.
Analysis of the CDC’s BRFSS 2008 survey. We estimated crude and adjusted screening rates and odds ratios of respondents’ reported
CRC test receipt stratified by self-reported Latino ethnicity, gender, and limited English proficiency (LEP) as determined
by language of survey response (English vs Spanish). Of 99,883 respondents included in the study populations, LEP Latino men
had the lowest adjusted screening rates (48.2 %) which were lower that all other Latinos subgroups including Latina women
with LEP (56.2 %). Compared to non-Latino White men, LEP Latino men were 0.47 times as likely to report receiving CRC screening
tests (AOR 0.47; 95 % CI 0.35–0.63). Disparities in CRC screening are most dramatic for LEP Latino men.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-4
- DOI 10.1007/s10903-012-9667-6
- Authors
- J. A. Diaz, Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA
- M. B. Roberts, Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA
- J. G. Clarke, Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA
- E. M. Simmons, Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA
- R. E. Goldman, Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Pawtucket, RI, USA
- W. Rakowski, Department of Community Health & Program in Public Health, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Online ISSN 1557-1920
- Print ISSN 1557-1912