title: Cervical cancer screening among Asian Canadian immigrant and nonimmigrant women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information, St John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Madonna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: Veeresh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gadag
authors.forename: Peizhong Peter
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: 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