A Comparison of Breast and Cervical Cancer Legislation and Screening in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

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• Alternative Title:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved
• Personal Author:
  Miles-Richardson, Stephanie ; Blumenthal, Daniel ; Alema-Mensah, Ernest
• Description:
  We identified legislation (1989-2005) relating to breast and cervical cancer in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and examined its impact on screening rates for these cancers and on Black-White disparities in screening rates. Legislation was identified using the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) State Cancer Legislative Database (SCLD) Program. Screening rates were identified using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Georgia and North Carolina enacted more laws on breast and cervical cancer than did South Carolina. The laws specifically intended to increase breast and cervical cancer screening were mandates requiring that insurance policies cover such screening; Georgia and North Carolina enacted such laws, but South Carolina did not. However, we were unable to demonstrate an effect of these laws on either screening rates or disparities. This may reinforce the importance of evidence-based health promotion programs to increase screening.
• Subjects:
  Black Or African American Breast Neoplasms Databases, Factual Female Healthcare Disparities Humans Insurance, Health Mammography Mass Screening Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Vaginal Smears White People

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• Source:
  J Health Care Poor Underserved. 23(2 0):98-108.
• Pubmed ID:
  22643558
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3751800
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1U48DP001907-02/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 3U54CA118638/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; 5U58DP000984/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; S21 MD000101/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA118623/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA118638/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U54 CA118948/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U54 MD007588/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000454/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; North Carolina ; South Carolina
• Volume:
  23
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2dcb1929a095464044feac8895e4feb14f6bce7037844ec861ee5023fe63fcf0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33617/cdc_33617_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 259.80 KB ]