Shiraz I Mishra1, Roshan Bastani, David Huang, Pat H Luce, Claudia R Baquet. 1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Office of Policy and Planning, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. smishra@som.umaryland.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is little information on the associations between cultural and psychosocial factors and not receiving a mammogram by Samoan women. METHODS: Survey of 809 Samoan women aged 42 years and older. RESULTS: The likelihood of nonreceipt was lower for women who had higher perceptions of severity, agreement with a mammogram's efficacy, higher group norms, higher self-efficacy, and those who placed greater importance on the breast. The likelihood of nonreceipt was higher for women who harbored misconceptions and endorsed culture-specific beliefs. CONCLUSIONS: Samoan women need specifically tailored breast cancer education which incorporates cultural and psychosocial factors important for behavior change.
BACKGROUND: There is little information on the associations between cultural and psychosocial factors and not receiving a mammogram by Samoan women. METHODS: Survey of 809 Samoan women aged 42 years and older. RESULTS: The likelihood of nonreceipt was lower for women who had higher perceptions of severity, agreement with a mammogram's efficacy, higher group norms, higher self-efficacy, and those who placed greater importance on the breast. The likelihood of nonreceipt was higher for women who harbored misconceptions and endorsed culture-specific beliefs. CONCLUSIONS: Samoan women need specifically tailored breast cancer education which incorporates cultural and psychosocial factors important for behavior change.
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