Cervical cancer screening among Asian Canadian immigrant and nonimmigrant women.
OBJECTIVE
To examine whether Pap smear screening and determinants of screening for Asian immigrants are different from those for nonimmigrants in Canada.


METHODS
Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.1 (2003) were used. Explanatory and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to compare rates and determinants of Pap smear screening between Asian immigrants and nonimmigrants.


RESULTS
In this study, 64,604 women were included. Asian immigrants had significantly lower rates of Pap smear screening (52%) compared to nonimmigrants (72%). Lack of necessity and time are important barriers.


CONCLUSIONS
Pap smear screening should be promoted, particularly in recent Asian immigrants.
Xiong
Hui
H
Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information, St John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Murphy
Madonna
M
Mathews
Maria
M
Gadag
Veeresh
V
Wang
Peizhong Peter
PP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People; D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health