Race and Colorectal Cancer Screening Compliance Among Persons With a Family History of Cancer

Abstract

AIM: To determine compliance to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines among persons with a family history of any type of cancer and investigate racial differences in screening compliance. METHODS: We used the 2007 Health Information National Trends Survey and identified 1094 (27.4%

Low Rates of Gastrointestinal and Non-Gastrointestinal Complications for Screening or Surveillance Colonoscopies in a Population-Based Study

“…Cost and poor access to insurance are barriers to colonoscopy screening, [50][51][52][53] and it is conceivable that blacks and Hispanics in our study presented with more advanced pathology that increased the risk of adverse events. Our findings highlight the public health challenge that CRC incidence and mortality rates are highest among blacks, 54 but screening rates are the lowest among blacks, 55 Hispanics, 56 and low-income patients, 57 even when disparities in insurance coverage are limited or do not exist. [58][59][60] Our study's strengths include its large sample size, which approximates a census of all ambulatory colonoscopies performed during the study dates in California, a state with diversity in its population and its facilities performing colonoscopy.…”

Developing culturally informed genetic services for the Somali immigrants in Minnesota

“…Immigrants constitute unique underrepresented populations who have some of the greatest health disparities and concerns due to being further burdened by immigration policies, structural racism, lifestyle, and other variables that negatively impact their health outcomes (Philbin, Flake, Hatzenbuehler, & Hirsch, ; Viruell‐Fuentes, Miranda, & Abdulrahim, ; Wang & Hu, ). There is limited access and uptake of genetic services including prenatal, cancer, preventive care, and advanced treatments for minority populations and specifically immigrant communities (Chetty, Garabedian, & Norton, ; Hall & Olopade, ; Kuppermann, Gates, & Eugene Washington, ; Laiyemo et al, ; Myers et al, ; Rowe, Puddicombe, Hockley, & Redshaw, ; White et al, ).…”