INTRODUCTION: This paper discusses the factors associated with breast cancer screening among low-education, low-income Latinas. BACKGROUND: These data were collected as part of a breast cancer educational intervention study aimed at this population. The objective of the larger study was to evaluate multimedia methods as an appropriate medium for educating this population of Latinas about breast cancer. METHODS: The study was designed as a field experiment with a pre and posttest design. A total of 1,197 individuals participated in the study, and these were all self-identified Latinas above the age of 40 years who fit the screening criteria of low income and education levels. Of these, 583 individuals provided the baseline (pretest) data on mammogram attitudes, knowledge, and intentions analyzed in this paper. RESULTS: Our results indicate that breast cancer screening knowledge and having a regular doctor were significant factors in ever having had a mammogram and having had a recent mammogram in this sample of low-income, low-education Latinas. Age affected the odds of ever having had a mammogram, but not a recent mammogram. CONCLUSION: Attitudes toward mammography, insurance status, and demographic factors such as foreign birth were not significant predictors of mammography screening in this study. Copyright 2001 American Health Foundation and Academic Press.
INTRODUCTION: This paper discusses the factors associated with breast cancer screening among low-education, low-income Latinas. BACKGROUND: These data were collected as part of a breast cancer educational intervention study aimed at this population. The objective of the larger study was to evaluate multimedia methods as an appropriate medium for educating this population of Latinas about breast cancer. METHODS: The study was designed as a field experiment with a pre and posttest design. A total of 1,197 individuals participated in the study, and these were all self-identified Latinas above the age of 40 years who fit the screening criteria of low income and education levels. Of these, 583 individuals provided the baseline (pretest) data on mammogram attitudes, knowledge, and intentions analyzed in this paper. RESULTS: Our results indicate that breast cancer screening knowledge and having a regular doctor were significant factors in ever having had a mammogram and having had a recent mammogram in this sample of low-income, low-education Latinas. Age affected the odds of ever having had a mammogram, but not a recent mammogram. CONCLUSION: Attitudes toward mammography, insurance status, and demographic factors such as foreign birth were not significant predictors of mammography screening in this study. Copyright 2001 American Health Foundation and Academic Press.
Authors: Sheila F Castañeda; Rebeca E Giacinto; Elizabeth A Medeiros; Ilana Brongiel; Olga Cardona; Patricia Perez; Gregory A Talavera Journal: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Date: 2015-05-28
Authors: Carlos A Reyes-Ortiz; Jean L Freeman; Martha Peláez; Kyriakos S Markides; James S Goodwin Journal: Prev Med Date: 2006-03-23 Impact factor: 4.018
Authors: Laura-Mae Baldwin; Sharon A Dobie; Kevin Billingsley; Yong Cai; George E Wright; Jason A Dominitz; William Barlow; Joan L Warren; Stephen H Taplin Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst Date: 2005-08-17 Impact factor: 13.506
Authors: María E Fernández; Alicia Gonzales; Guillermo Tortolero-Luna; Janet Williams; Monica Saavedra-Embesi; Wenyaw Chan; Sally W Vernon Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2009-03-19 Impact factor: 9.308