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January 2009, Vol 99, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health 59-65
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.135699

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Cancer Screening in US Workers

Liat Vidal, MD, William G. LeBlanc, PhD, Kathryn E. McCollister, PhD, Kristopher L. Arheart, EdD, Katherine Chung-Bridges, MD, MPH, Sharon Christ, MS, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, MPH, John E. Lewis, PhD, David J. Lee, PhD, John Clark, III, PhD, Evelyn P. Davila, MPH and Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD

At the time of the study, Liat Vidal, William G. LeBlanc, Kathryn E. McCollister, Kristopher L. Arheart, Katherine Chung-Bridges, Alberto Caban-Martinez, David J. Lee, John Clark III, Evelyn P. Davila, and Lora E. Fleming were with the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL. Sharon Christ was with the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science and the Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. John E. Lewis was with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Marine Biology & Fisheries, Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Clinical Research Building, 10th Floor (R669), 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL 33136 (e-mail: lfleming{at}med.miami.edu).

Regular cancer screening can prevent the development of some cancers and increase patient survival for other cancers. We evaluated the reported cancer screening prevalence among a nationally representative sample of all US workers with data from the 2000 and 2005 Cancer Screening Supplements of the National Health Interview Survey. Overall, workers with the lowest rates of health insurance coverage (in particular, Hispanic workers, agricultural workers, and construction workers) reported the lowest cancer screening. There was no significant improvement from 2000 to 2005.






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