Whether and where community health center users obtain screening services

This study measures associations between minority and low socioeconomic sta tus and the use of screening services for secondary prevention among adult community health center users. Among those who obtained timely screening se rvices, the study also measures associations between minority and low socio economic status and obtaining these preventive services at a community heal th center. The data include 1,175 individuals ages 18 and older from a 1995 survey of community health center users. Minority and lower socioeconomic status adult community health center users were not less likely to obtain t imely screening services than other adult community health center users. Th is differs from the trend in the general population. Minority and lower soc ioeconomic status community health center users who used timely screening s ervices were more likely to obtain them at community health centers, which appear to facilitate the use of timely screening services for minority and low socioeconomic status users.