An Intersectional Approach to Examining Breast Cancer Screening among Subpopulations of Black Women in the United States

Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Christine A Mair

doi:10.1007/s40615-023-01781-5

An Intersectional Approach to Examining Breast Cancer Screening among Subpopulations of Black Women in the United States

J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Sep 13. doi: 10.1007/s40615-023-01781-5. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Donnette Narine^{1

2}, Takashi Yamashita^{3

4}, Christine A Mair^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA. dnarine1@umbc.edu.
² Gerontology Doctoral Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA. dnarine1@umbc.edu.
³ Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Gerontology Doctoral Program, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Center for Health, Equity, and Aging, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.

PMID: 37702971
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01781-5

Abstract

This study examines breast cancer screening behavior among subpopulations of Black women in the United States. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze breast cancer screening among a nationally-representative sample (n = 9,783) of Black women-US-born, non-US-born Caribbean, and non-US-born African-from the 2011-2017 National Health Interview Survey dataset. Non-US-born African Black women were less likely to have breast cancer screening, compared to US-born Black women. Among non-US-born Black women, non-US-born Caribbean Black women were more likely to have had breast cancer screening. Differential healthcare access associated with nativity differences among Black women can be informing their breast cancer screening behaviors. Efforts to improve breast cancer outcomes among Black women can benefit from interventions that account for differential access to healthcare and breast cancer screening behaviors among subgroups of Black women.

Keywords: African Black women; Black women; Breast cancer screening; Caribbean Black women; Intersectionality; Non-US-born Black women; US-born Black women.