title: Sexual orientation disparities in Papanicolaou test use among US women: the role of sexual and reproductive health services.
abstract: We investigated sexual orientation disparities in Papanicolaou screening among US women aged 21 to 44 years (n = 9581) in the 2006 to 2010 National Survey of Family Growth. The odds ratios for lesbian versus heterosexual women and women with no versus only male sexual partners were 0.40 and 0.32, respectively, and were attenuated after adjustment for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care indicators. Administering Papanicolaou tests through mechanisms other than SRH services would promote cervical cancer screening among all women.
authors: Madina Agénor, Nancy Krieger, S. Bryn Austin, and Barbara R. Gottlieb are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Sebastien Haneuse is with the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. S. Bryn Austin is also with the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital. Barbara R. Gottlieb is also with the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.
authors: Madina
authors: M
authors: Agénor
authors: Nancy
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authors: Krieger
authors: S Bryn
authors: SB
authors: Austin
authors: Sebastien
authors: S
authors: Haneuse
authors: Barbara R
authors: BR
authors: Gottlieb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D065006:Papanicolaou Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D034121:Reproductive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States