@article {9375, title = {Cultural and emotional determinants of cervical cancer screening among older Hispanic women}, journal = {Health Care for Women International}, volume = {38}, year = {2017}, pages = {1289-1312}, abstract = {Older adults are at highest risk of cancer and yet have the lowest rates of cancer screening participation. Older minority adults bear the burden of cancer screening disparities leading to late stage cancer diagnoses. This investigation, utilization data from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement study examined the cultural and emotional factors thought to influence cervical cancer screening among older Hispanic women. We utilized logistic regression models to conduct the analyses. Findings indicate that the emotional factors were not significant but the cultural factor, time orientation was a significant predictor for older Hispanics{\textquoteright} cervical cancer screening behaviors.}, keywords = {Cancer screenings, Depressive symptoms, Hispanics, Women and Minorities}, issn = {0739-9332}, doi = {10.1080/07399332.2017.1364740}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07399332.2017.1364740https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07399332.2017.1364740}, author = {Tamara J. Cadet and Shanna Lynn Burke and Stewart, Kathleen and Howard, Tenial and Schonberg, Mara} }