Racial/ethnic disparities, body weight, and psychosocial antecedents that predict women’s failure to meet Pap test screening national recommendations

Abstract

Background: The economic burden associated with cervical cancer in the U.S. is estimated 300–400 million dollars in direct costs. Healthy People 2020 Objective C-15 points the nation’s aim to increase the proportion of adult women who receive a cervical cancer screening to 93%. To identify the associated factors that can help increase Pap test, this study examined the predictors of failure to meet USPSTF Pap test recommendation among adult women.