Table 2.
Cervical cancer prevention knowledge/screening behaviors and social determinants of health among HIV-positive women by social network member(s) abnormal Pap test history
| Total N=74 |
Friends/Family With ABN Pap Test n=31 |
No Friends/Family with ABN Pap Test n=43 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical Cancer Prevention Knowledge | ||||
| How often should a Pap test be done for a woman with HIV? | ||||
| Every year, once two tests are normal | 86% | 97% | 79% | 0.03 |
| Abnormal Pap test follow-up care may include: | ||||
| Another Pap test (True) | 86% | 94% | 81% | 0.13 |
| HPV test (True) | 57% | 58% | 56% | 0.85 |
| Colposcopya (True) | 72% | 71% | 72% | 0.92 |
| Biopsy (True) | 82% | 84% | 81% | 0.78 |
| Hysterectomy (True) | 34% | 35% | 33% | 0.79 |
| Blood test (False) | 23% | 29% | 19% | 0.29 |
| Nothing (False) | 81% | 84% | 79% | 0.60 |
| Cervical Cancer Screening Behaviors | ||||
| Adherent (<1 year ago) | 85% | 90% | 81% | 0.29 |
| Health Literacy | ||||
| Low | 32% | 23% | 40% | 0.12 |
| Social & Vulnerability Characteristics | ||||
| Socioeconomic Position: | ||||
| Education | 0.39 | |||
| <High school | 14% | 10% | 16% | |
| High school/GED | 28% | 29% | 28% | |
| Some college | 46% | 42% | 49% | |
| College+ | 12% | 19% | 7% | |
| Income | 0.61 (f) | |||
| <10 | 55% | 52% | 58% | |
| 10-25 | 28% | 29% | 28% | |
| 25+ | 5% | 3% | 7% | |
| Not reported | 11% | 16% | 7% | |
| Sociodemographics: | ||||
| Age (years) | 0.62 | |||
| 18-34 | 14% | 16% | 12% | |
| 35-49 | 51% | 55% | 49% | |
| 50+ | 35% | 29% | 40% | |
| Race | 0.45 | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 91% | 94% | 88% | |
| Other (includes n=3 Latinas)* | 9% | 6% | 12% | |
| Vulnerable Domain: | ||||
| Health Behaviors | ||||
| Unsafe sex (n=73) | 22% | 26% | 19% | 0.49 |
| Current smoker (n=73) | 45% | 52% | 41% | 0.30 |
| Health Need | ||||
| Post-menopausal (n=74) | 35% | 29% | 40% | 0.35 |
| Predisposing/Enabling Factors | ||||
| LGBT (n=74) | 7% | 10% | 5% | 0.64 |
| Sheltered/unsheltered homelessness (n=73) | 26% | 23% | 29% | 0.56 |
Bold text=correct responses; ABN=abnormal; LGBT=lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender; (f)=Fisher’s exact test