Sociocultural correlates of breast cancer knowledge and screening in urban African American women

African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group. Lukwago et al examined associations between 5 cultural factors, breast cancer-related knowledge, barriers to mammography, and mammography use and stage of change among urban African America...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2003-08, Vol.93 (8), p.1271-1274
Hauptverfasser:	LUKWAGO, Susan N, KREUTER, Matthew W, HOLT, Cheryl L, STEGER-MAY, Karen, BUCHOLTZ, Dawn C, SKINNER, Celette Sugg
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult African Americans African Americans - education African Americans - psychology Age Biological and medical sciences Black people Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology Breast Neoplasms - ethnology Cancer therapies Collectivism Demographics Education Employment Family medical history Female Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Independent variables Knowledge Mammary gland diseases Mammography Mammography - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Medical screening Middle Aged Missing data Missouri - epidemiology Psychometrics Public health Public Health Practice Race Regression analysis Research and Practice Social Identification Social life & customs Social Support Socioeconomic Factors Spirituality Statistical significance Time Factors Tumors Variables Women Women's Health Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group. Lukwago et al examined associations between 5 cultural factors, breast cancer-related knowledge, barriers to mammography, and mammography use and stage of change among urban African American women.
ISSN:	0090-0036 1541-0048
DOI:	10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1271