TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial and educational differences in mammography-related perceptions among 1,336 nonadherent women
AU - Skinner, Celette Sugg
AU - Champion, Victoria
AU - Menon, Usha
AU - Seshadri, Roopa
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was funded by Grant No. PHS R01NR04081-01A1 from the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This article identifies differences in mammography-related perceptions between African Americans and Caucasians of differing educational levels and racial differences in beliefs across stages of adoption of mammography among 1,336 women (mean age, 66 years; 55% African American). African Americans perceived stronger benefits of and lower barriers to mammography and greater self-efficacy regarding mammography than Caucasians did but had less knowledge about breast cancer and stronger cancer fatalism. Within races, the less well-educated women displayed less knowledge and more fatalism. Of seven perceptions, five differed by stage of adopting mammography among Caucasians and three differed by stage among African Americans. For both races, precontemplators had the lowest self-efficacy and knowledge and the highest barriers. However, whereas Caucasian precontemplators perceived the lowest benefits, African-American precontemplators had the highest benefit scores.
AB - This article identifies differences in mammography-related perceptions between African Americans and Caucasians of differing educational levels and racial differences in beliefs across stages of adoption of mammography among 1,336 women (mean age, 66 years; 55% African American). African Americans perceived stronger benefits of and lower barriers to mammography and greater self-efficacy regarding mammography than Caucasians did but had less knowledge about breast cancer and stronger cancer fatalism. Within races, the less well-educated women displayed less knowledge and more fatalism. Of seven perceptions, five differed by stage of adopting mammography among Caucasians and three differed by stage among African Americans. For both races, precontemplators had the lowest self-efficacy and knowledge and the highest barriers. However, whereas Caucasian precontemplators perceived the lowest benefits, African-American precontemplators had the highest benefit scores.
KW - Breast cancer screening
KW - Mammography
KW - Race
KW - Stage of change
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v20n03_01
DO - 10.1300/J077v20n03_01
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036399180
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 20
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 3
ER -