title: Pathways of cervical cancer screening among Chinese women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this community-based study was to develop a structural equation model for factors contributing to cervical cancer screening among Chinese American women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional design included a sample of 573 Chinese American women aged 18 years and older. The initial step involved use of confirmatory factor analysis, that included the following variables: access to and satisfaction with health care, and enabling and predisposing cultural and health beliefs. Structural equation model analyses were conducted on factors related to cervical cancer screening.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age, marital status, employment, household income, and having health insurance, but not educational level, were significantly related to cervical screening status. Predisposing and enabling factors were positively associated with cervical cancer screening. The cultural factor was significantly related to the enabling factor or the satisfaction with health care factor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This model highlights the significance of sociocultural factors in relation to cervical cancer screening. These factors were significant, with cultural, predisposing, enabling, and health belief factors and access to and satisfaction with health care reinforcing the need to assist Chinese American women with poor English fluency in translation and awareness of the importance of cervical cancer screening. Community organizations may play a role in assisting Chinese American women, which could enhance cervical cancer screening rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Grace X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Min Qi
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiang S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shive
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Jamil I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Toubbeh
keywords: Chinese women; Papanicolaou test; cervical cancer screening