Cancer screening in US workers.
Authors
Vidal-L; LeBlanc-WG; McCollister-KE; Arheart-KL; Chung-Bridges-K; Christ-S; Caban-Martinez-AJ; Lewis-JE; Lee-DJ; Clark-J III; Davila-EP; Fleming-LE
Source
Am J Publ Health 2009 Jan; 99(1):59-65
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Workers; Worker-health; Public-health; Health-hazards; Occupational-health; Demographic-characteristics; Racial-factors; Preventive-medicine; Agricultural-workers; Industrial-health-programs; Workplace-studies; Work-practices
Contact
Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Miller School of Medicine & Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Clinical Research Building, 10th Floor (R669), 1120 NW 14th St, Miami, FL 33136
Document Type
Journal Article
Email Address
lfleming@med.miami.edu
Identifying No.
Grant-Number-R01-OH-003915
Source Name
American Journal of Public Health
Performing Organization
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
