Cancer Screening in US Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arheart KL ; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J. ; Christ S ; Chung-Bridges K ; Clark J III ; Davila, Evelyn P. ; Fleming-LE ; LeBlanc WG ; Lee DJ ; Lewis JE ; McCollister KE ; Vidal L
• Description:
  Regular cancer screening can prevent the development of some cancers and increase patient survival for other cancers. We evaluated the reported cancer screening prevalence among a nationally representative sample of all US workers with data from the 2000 and 2005 Cancer Screening Supplements of the National Health Interview Survey. Overall, workers with the lowest rates of health insurance coverage (in particular, Hispanic workers, agricultural workers, and construction workers) reported the lowest cancer screening. There was no significant improvement from 2000 to 2005. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Race Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Health-hazards Industrial-health-programs Occupational-health Preventive-medicine Public-health Racial-factors Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  59-65
• Volume:
  99
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034988
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2009 Jan; 99(1):59-65
• Contact Point Address:
  Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Miller School of Medicine & Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Clinical Research Building, 10th Floor (R669), 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL 33136
• Email:
  lfleming@med.miami.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20020901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac810316f0ffc91475289eb63269f9f5dd98cb83c956e4395876025ade537fea9c1b82f99a642798cd7c6038e03933ed411e359e43a22c7188a9eda695bde303
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186994/cdc_186994_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 506.07 KB ]