title: Barriers to breast cancer screening among Haitian immigrant women in Little Haiti, Miami.
abstract: Previous research has not examined barriers to mammography screening among Haitian immigrant women through their own discourse. Community Health Workers conducted in-depth interviews with Haitian women in Little Haiti, Miami. We used a grounded theory approach to analyze data from the in-depth interviews. Emergent themes coalesced into three core categories of screening barriers: Structural, Psychosocial, and Socio-Cultural. We developed a model of screening barriers to depict the themes within each core category. Screening barriers must be examined and understood from the social contexts in which they are produced in order to create meaningful interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136, USA. ekobetz@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kobetz
authors.forename: Janelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Menard
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Jennifer Cudris
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diem
authors.forename: Pascale Denize
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Auguste
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged