Breast screening attendance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Northern Territory of Australia

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dc.contributor.authorTapia, Kriscia A.
dc.contributor.authorGarvey, Gail
dc.contributor.authorMcEntee, Mark F.
dc.contributor.authorRickard, Mary
dc.contributor.authorLydiard, Lorraine
dc.contributor.authorBrennan, Patrick C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T05:31:55Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T05:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractObjective: To compare breast screening attendances of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women. Methods: A total of 4,093 BreastScreen cases were used including 857 self-identified Indigenous women. Chi-squared analysis compared data between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women. Logistic regression was used for groupings based on visits-to-screening frequency. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for associations with low attendance. Results: Indigenous women were younger and had fewer visits to screening compared with non-Indigenous women. Non-English speaking was mainly associated with fewer visits for Indigenous women only (OR 1.9, 95%CI 1.3-2.9). Living remotely was associated with fewer visits for non-Indigenous women only (OR 1.3, 95%CI 1.1-1.5). Shared predictors were younger age (OR 12.3, 95%CI 8.1-18.8; and OR 11.5, 95%CI 9.6-13.7, respectively) and having no family history of breast cancer (OR 2.1, 95%CI 1.3-3.3; and OR 1.8, 95%CI 1.5-2.1, respectively). Conclusions: Factors associated with fewer visits to screening were similar for both groups of women, except for language which was significant only for Indigenous women, and remoteness which was significant only for non-Indigenous women. Implications for public health: Health communication in Indigenous languages may be key in encouraging participation and retaining Indigenous women in BreastScreen; improving access for remote-living non-Indigenous women should also be addressed.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationTapia, K.A., Garvey, G., McEntee, M.F., Rickard, M., Lydiard, L. and Brennan, P.C. (2019) 'Breast screening attendance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Northern Territory of Australia'. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 43(4), pp. 334-339. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12917en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1753-6405.12917en
dc.identifier.eissn1753-6405
dc.identifier.endpage339en
dc.identifier.issn1326-0200
dc.identifier.issued4en
dc.identifier.journaltitleAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Healthen
dc.identifier.startpage334en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9225
dc.identifier.volume43en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWiley Open Accessen
dc.rights© 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectBreast canceren
dc.subjectScreeningen
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectAboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderen
dc.titleBreast screening attendance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Northern Territory of Australiaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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