title: Nativity status and mammography use: results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey.
abstract: Disparities exist in mammography use based on nativity status. Using the 2005 National Health Interview Survey, we examined the link between nativity status and mammography use in the past 2 years among women (≥40 years) and investigated whether acculturation was associated with mammography use among foreign-born women using multivariate analyses. Foreign-born women were less likely (OR = 0.75; 95% CI = 0.65, 0.87) to report mammography use compared to US born women. After adjusting for selected covariates, results were no longer statistically significant. Foreign-born women (≥65 years) who were not US citizens (i.e. less acculturated) were less likely (OR = 0.17; 95% CI = 0.06, 0.46) to report mammography use compared to naturalized citizens. Based on our findings, mammography use did not differ between US and foreign-born women. Therefore, the disparities in incidence and mortality rates observed between these groups may be due to other factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9165, USA. tiffany.billmeier@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Billmeier
authors.forename: Florence J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Dallo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009035:Mothers; D014481:United States