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Early breast cancer detection behaviors among ethnically diverse low‐income women
Author(s) -
Friedman Lois C.,
Neff Nancy E.,
Webb John A.,
Latham Cherlyn K.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1611(199609)5:3<283::aid-pon229>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - breast cancer , ethnically diverse , medicine , mammography , outreach , family medicine , breast cancer screening , low income , multivariate analysis , cancer , gynecology , obstetrics , environmental health , population , socioeconomics , sociology , political science , law
We examined factors associated with early breast cancer detection behaviors among 301 ethnically diverse low‐income women participating in a breast cancer educational outreach program. Multivariate analyses showed that women who had a mammogram in the past year were more likely to be more knowledgeable about breast cancer than women who did not have a mammogram in the past year. Women who had received a mammogram at any time in the past and who had a clinical breast examination during the preceding year were more likely to have received encouragement to obtain mammography than those who had never received a mammogram and did not get a CBE during the preceding year. For women between the ages of 20 and 39, recommendation of mammography and breast cancer knowledge were related positively to ever having a mammogram. Recommendation of breast self‐examination (BSE) and number of barriers to BSE were related to monthly BSE practice. Results suggests that health care providers play an important role in motivating low‐income minority women to comply with breast cancer screening recommendations.