TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast Density Knowledge and Awareness Among Latinas in a Low-Resource Setting
AU - Patel, Bhavika K.
AU - Ridgeway, Jennifer L.
AU - Jenkins, Sarah
AU - Rhodes, Deborah J.
AU - Ghosh, Karthik
AU - Borah, Bijan
AU - Suman, Vera
AU - Norman, Aaron
AU - Leaver, Jillian
AU - Jewett, Matt
AU - Hruska, Carrie
AU - Gonzalez, Crystal
AU - Singh, Davinder
AU - Vachon, Celine M.
AU - Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American College of Radiology
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Purpose: Latinas in low-resource settings face additional barriers to understanding mammographic breast density (MBD) implications. The authors compared MBD awareness and knowledge in Latinas from a safety-net clinic in Arizona with a national sample. Methods: Latinas 40 to 74 years of age were recruited within a safety-net clinic during screening mammography appointments from 2016 to 2019 (AZ cohort) and from a nationally representative online panel in 2017 (NS cohort). Surveys completed in either English or Spanish assessed awareness and knowledge of MBD. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used for comparisons. Results: The NS cohort (n = 152) was older, more educated, more likely to have undergone prior mammography, and more likely to prefer English compared with the AZ cohort (n = 1,327) (P ≤ .03 for all) The NS cohort was more likely to be aware of MBD (32.6% versus 20.7%). Of those aware, the NS cohort was more likely to understand MBD's effect on masking (67.8% versus 37.0%) and breast cancer risk (72.2% versus 32.6%) compared with the AZ cohort (P ≤ .001 for all). Adjusting for age, education, screening history, and language, MBD awareness was similar between the two cohorts (adjusted odds ratio [ORadj], 0.95; P = .83), but knowledge of MBD as a masking factor (ORadj, 2.8; P = .03) and risk factor (ORadj, 7.2; P < .001) remained higher in the NS cohort compared with the AZ cohort. Conclusions: Differences in MBD awareness, but not knowledge, between Latinas in a low-resource setting compared with a national sample could be explained by age, education, screening history, and language preference, underscoring the need for tailored approaches to MBD education among Latinas.
AB - Purpose: Latinas in low-resource settings face additional barriers to understanding mammographic breast density (MBD) implications. The authors compared MBD awareness and knowledge in Latinas from a safety-net clinic in Arizona with a national sample. Methods: Latinas 40 to 74 years of age were recruited within a safety-net clinic during screening mammography appointments from 2016 to 2019 (AZ cohort) and from a nationally representative online panel in 2017 (NS cohort). Surveys completed in either English or Spanish assessed awareness and knowledge of MBD. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used for comparisons. Results: The NS cohort (n = 152) was older, more educated, more likely to have undergone prior mammography, and more likely to prefer English compared with the AZ cohort (n = 1,327) (P ≤ .03 for all) The NS cohort was more likely to be aware of MBD (32.6% versus 20.7%). Of those aware, the NS cohort was more likely to understand MBD's effect on masking (67.8% versus 37.0%) and breast cancer risk (72.2% versus 32.6%) compared with the AZ cohort (P ≤ .001 for all). Adjusting for age, education, screening history, and language, MBD awareness was similar between the two cohorts (adjusted odds ratio [ORadj], 0.95; P = .83), but knowledge of MBD as a masking factor (ORadj, 2.8; P = .03) and risk factor (ORadj, 7.2; P < .001) remained higher in the NS cohort compared with the AZ cohort. Conclusions: Differences in MBD awareness, but not knowledge, between Latinas in a low-resource setting compared with a national sample could be explained by age, education, screening history, and language preference, underscoring the need for tailored approaches to MBD education among Latinas.
KW - Breast density
KW - breast cancer risk
KW - breast density awareness
KW - health care disparities
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.08.025
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.08.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 35033304
AN - SCOPUS:85122693116
SN - 1546-1440
VL - 19
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
IS - 1
ER -