Ok Kyung Ham1. 1. College of Nursing at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. okkyung@mail.knu.ac.kr
Abstract
PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To understand factors that influence the mammography experience and intention to receive mammography among Korean women using the Health Belief Model and subjective norm of the Theory of Reasoned Action. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Two university hospitals and one general hospital in Korea. SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 310 women aged 30 years and older who visited participating hospitals during the data collection period. METHODS: Self-administered questionnaire. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Perceived susceptibility and severity, perceived benefits and barriers, self-efficacy, normative beliefs, and motivation to comply. FINDINGS: Age, self-efficacy, and perceived susceptibility were significantly associated with participants' mammography experience, whereas knowledge, self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, subjective norm, and income were significant in predicting women's intention to receive mammography. CONCLUSIONS: The combined model synthesizing the Health Belief Model and the Theory of Reasoned Action was more effective in predicting mammography intention than in explaining mammography experience. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Tailored health education and health promotion programs to promote mammography screening among Korean women should be developed based on women's perceptions and norms.
PURPOSE/ OBJECTIVES: To understand factors that influence the mammography experience and intention to receive mammography among Korean women using the Health Belief Model and subjective norm of the Theory of Reasoned Action. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Two university hospitals and one general hospital in Korea. SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 310 women aged 30 years and older who visited participating hospitals during the data collection period. METHODS: Self-administered questionnaire. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Perceived susceptibility and severity, perceived benefits and barriers, self-efficacy, normative beliefs, and motivation to comply. FINDINGS: Age, self-efficacy, and perceived susceptibility were significantly associated with participants' mammography experience, whereas knowledge, self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, subjective norm, and income were significant in predicting women's intention to receive mammography. CONCLUSIONS: The combined model synthesizing the Health Belief Model and the Theory of Reasoned Action was more effective in predicting mammography intention than in explaining mammography experience. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Tailored health education and health promotion programs to promote mammography screening among Korean women should be developed based on women's perceptions and norms.