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	Institution: CLOCKSS  | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 4 No. 7, July 1995   Archives  •  Online Features Original Contributions  This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Underserved Women Baseline Survey Results From Six States The National Cancer Institute Cancer Screening Consortium for Underserved Women Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(7):617-624. Abstract Objective To characterize breast and cervical cancer screening rates in selected underserved populations and to compare the rates with objectives for the year 2000. Design Six random-sample surveys were conducted in underserved populations between 1991 and 1993. Two of the surveys were random-digit-dial telephone surveys; four were conducted using in-person interviews. Settings The studies were conducted in the following target populations: (1) low-income and minority women residing in urban areas in Minnesota, Rhode Island, and North Carolina; (2) Hispanic women residing in urban communities in Texas; and (3) women residing in rural West Virginia and Wisconsin. Participants A total of 6648 noninstitutionalized women aged 40 years or older were interviewed. Main Outcome Measures Self-reported knowledge and practices related to mammograms and Papanicolaou smears. Results Between 35% and 79% of women had ever had a mammogram, and between 27% and 66% reported having a mammogram in the past 2 years. Between 82% and 95% of women had ever had a Papanicolaou smear, and between 55% and 74% reported having a Papanicolaou smear in the past 3 years. Women with low levels of education, below 200% of the poverty level, with no health insurance, 80 years or older, residing in Appalachian West Virginia, and Hispanic women residing in urban Texas have the farthest to go to reach the cancer screening objectives for the year 2000. Conclusions Although access to health care is high among the women studied, screening rates are uneven. Objectives for the year 2000 clearly are attainable for some populations of underserved women, though much work needs to be done if objectives are to be met for all subgroups. Author Affiliations The survey results presented in this report are from studies conducted by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Screening Consortium for Underserved Women. This report was written by a committee chaired by Helen Meissner, ScM, of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. See the box on page 624 for a list of the participating institutions and investigators. 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