Sexual orientation disparitiesin papanicolaou test use among US women: The role of sexual and reproductive health services

M. Agénor, N. Krieger, S.B. Austin, S. Haneuse and B.R. Gottlieb

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 2, e68-e73

Abstract: We investigated sexual orientation disparities in Papanicolaou screening among US women aged 21 to 44 years (n = 9581) in the 2006 to 2010 National Survey of Family Growth. The odds ratios for lesbian versus heterosexual women and women with no versus only male sexual partners were 0.40 and 0.32, respectively, and were attenuated after adjustment for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care indicators. Administering Papanicolaou tests through mechanisms other than SRH services would promote cervical cancer screening among all women.

Keywords: adult; age; article; demography; female; health service; human; lesbianism; Papanicolaou test; patient attitude; socioeconomics; statistics; United States, Adult; Age Factors; Female; Homosexuality, Female; Humans; Papanicolaou Test; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Reproductive Health Services; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301548

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