Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women

Brzoska P, Aksakal T, Yilmaz-Aslan Y (2021)
Journal of Medical Screening 28(3): 372-376.

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Objective: Regular pap smears are effective in reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality. Migrant women have been reported to utilize cervical cancer screening less often than non-migrant women. However, inconsistent results, e.g. from Germany, have also been reported. This study examines disparities in the use of annual pap smears among 20-69year old migrant and non-migrant women in neighboring Austria.
Method: Data from a nationwide population-based survey of 7633 women is used of whom 504 (6.6%) were migrants from European Union countries and 251 (3.3%) were migrants from non-European Union countries. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to account for socio economic and health differences between the three population groups.
Results: The study shows that as compared to the non-migrant women, migrant women from European Union and non-European Union countries were at lower odds of having received a pap smear in the last 12months (adjusted odds ratio =0.80, 95% confidence interval=0.66-0.96 and adjusted odds ratio=0.74, 95%-confidence interval=0.57-0.97, respectively). Disparities were similar with respect to utilization in the last 36months (adjusted odds ratio=0.60, 95% confidence interval=0.46-0.77 and adjusted odds ratio=0.58, 95% confidence interval=0.40-0.82, respectively).
Conclusions: The findings are in agreement with research from the majority of other countries. They suggest barriers that migrants encounter in the health system and highlight the need for diversity-sensitive health care strategies.
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Medical Screening
Band
28
Ausgabe
3
Seite(n)
372-376
eISSN
1475-5793
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2945767

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Brzoska P, Aksakal T, Yilmaz-Aslan Y. Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women. Journal of Medical Screening. 2021;28(3):372-376.
Brzoska, P., Aksakal, T., & Yilmaz-Aslan, Y. (2021). Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women. Journal of Medical Screening, 28(3), 372-376. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969141320953450
Brzoska, Patrick, Aksakal, Tugba, and Yilmaz-Aslan, Yüce. 2021. “Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women”. Journal of Medical Screening 28 (3): 372-376.
Brzoska, P., Aksakal, T., and Yilmaz-Aslan, Y. (2021). Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women. Journal of Medical Screening 28, 372-376.
Brzoska, P., Aksakal, T., & Yilmaz-Aslan, Y., 2021. Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women. Journal of Medical Screening, 28(3), p 372-376.
P. Brzoska, T. Aksakal, and Y. Yilmaz-Aslan, “Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women”, Journal of Medical Screening, vol. 28, 2021, pp. 372-376.
Brzoska, P., Aksakal, T., Yilmaz-Aslan, Y.: Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women. Journal of Medical Screening. 28, 372-376 (2021).
Brzoska, Patrick, Aksakal, Tugba, and Yilmaz-Aslan, Yüce. “Disparities in the use of regular pap smears among migrant and non-migrant women in Austria. A population-based survey of 7633 women”. Journal of Medical Screening 28.3 (2021): 372-376.
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