• Am J Prev Med · Oct 2023

    Lack of awareness of human papillomavirus testing among U.S. women.

    • Zahava Berkowitz, Jin Qin, Judith Lee Smith, and Mona Saraiya.
    • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
    • Am J Prev Med. 2023 Oct 1; 65 (4): 710715710-715.

    IntroductionNational surveys provide important information for public health planning. Lack of preventive screenings awareness may result in unreliable survey estimates. This study examines women's awareness of receiving human papillomavirus testing using three national surveys.MethodsIn 2022, self-reported data analyses on human papillomavirus testing status among women without hysterectomy were conducted from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (n=80,648, aged 30-64 years), the 2019 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (n=7,062, aged 30-65 years), and the 2017-2019 National Survey of Family Growth (n=2,973, aged 30-49 years). Associations between human papillomavirus awareness status (yes, no, don't know) and demographic characteristics were examined with generalized multinomial logistic model to generate adjusted prevalence ratios. Adjusted risk differences were assessed with the t-test for the Don't know answer.ResultsA total of 21.8% or >12 million in the study population of women in the BRFSS, 19.5%, (>10.5 million women) in the NHIS, and 9.4% in the National Survey of Family Growth responded don't know to human papillomavirus testing awareness status question. Women aged 40-64 years in BRFSS and 50-65 years in NHIS were more likely to answer don't know than those aged 30-34 (p<0.05 and p<0.01, respectively). Non-Hispanic White women were more likely to answer don't know than non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic women in BRFSS and non-Hispanic Black women in NHIS (adjusted prevalence ratio range=0.60-0.78; p<0.001 and adjusted prevalence ratio=0.72; p<0.001, respectively).ConclusionsOne in five women was unaware of her human papillomavirus testing status, and awareness was lower among older and non-Hispanic White women. The awareness gap may affect the reliability of estimated human papillomavirus testing population uptake using survey data.Published by Elsevier Inc.

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