Barriers to cervical cancer screening among Haitian immigrant women in Little Haiti, Miami.
Previous research has not examined barriers to Pap test 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 sociocultural. 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.
University of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, USA.
Janelle
J
Menard
Erin
E
Kobetz
Jennifer Cudris
JC
Maldonado
Betsy
B
Barton
Jenny
J
Blanco
Joshua
J
Diem
D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears