National Outcomes of Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Centers
This cross-sectional study found that FQHCs served a large number of underscreened individuals from traditionally underscreened subgroups. These results suggest that improving CCS in FQHCs would result in a substantial increase in national CCS rates.
Authors
- Haluk Damgacioglu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4361-4515)
- Ashish A. Deshmukh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8936-8108)
- Elizabeth Y. Chiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5752-2916)
- Trisha L. Amboree (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4015-4912)
- Kalyani Sonawane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-3034)
- Jane R. Montealegre
- Kathleen M. Schmeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-4189)
- Prajakta Adsul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-4378)
- Roxana Cruz
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center (US)
- National Association of Community Health Centers (US)
- Texas Association of Community Colleges (US)
- New Mexico Cancer Center (US)
- UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.38593
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- National Cancer Institute