Historical Redlining and Spatiotemporal Patterns in Breast Cancer Screening

This study found that historical redlining was associated with lower breast cancer screening prevalence independent of contemporary social vulnerability, neighborhood conditions, and geographic access. These findings support sustained, place-based strategies addressing structural and socioeconomic barriers to improve screening uptake and progress toward national screening targets.

Corresponding Author: Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, PhD, MBA, MS, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160 (dmudaranthakam@kumc.edu).

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