title: Breast cancer screening practices among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the breast cancer screening practices and related factors between Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (PIs) and non-Hispanic whites.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, reported mammogram usage among women aged 40+  were compared. Covariates included demographics, risk behaviors, health perception, care access, and general health practice behavior.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PIs had higher rates of screening mammogram usage than did Asian Americans. Most covariates had different levels of influence on mammogram  screening for the 2 groups, with a few in opposite directions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the magnitude and predictors of these disparities for racial/ethnic groups can help inform targeted interventions.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA. koh5@gmu.edu
authors.forename: Kyeung Mi
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Qiuping Pearl
authors.initials: QP
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kreps
authors.forename: Shin Kue
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000208:ethnology*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People