The relationship of social support to women's obtaining mammography screening.

This study examined the relationship between social support and obtaining mammography screening. Fifty women, half of whom had undergone mammography, were matched for age and ethnicity and interviewed related to perception of their social support networks. Results revealed a significant difference in the levels of social support and mammography screening. Women who had undergone mammography perceived a higher level of social support than those who had not. Parse's Theory of Human Becoming was used as a framework to discuss nursing implications of the findings.