Sociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women

dc.contributor.authorLukwago, Susan N.
dc.contributor.authorKreuter, Matthew W.
dc.contributor.authorHolt, Cheryl L.
dc.contributor.authorSteger-May, Karen
dc.contributor.authorBucholtz, Dawn C.
dc.contributor.authorSkinner, Celette Sugg
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:03Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:03Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractAfrican American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than women of any other racial or ethnic group,1 even though national surveys report that mammography rates are higher for African Americans than for other groups.2 At least part of this discrepancy has been attributed to delayed diagnosis.3,4 Identifying sociocultural factors that influence timely screening and incorporating them into health messages for African American women may help reduce this disparity. This study examined associations between 5 such factors—collectivism, spirituality, racial pride, and present and future time orientation— and breast cancer–related knowledge, barriers to mammography, and mammography use and stage of change among urban African American women.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1271
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/1ei8-bxjv
dc.identifier.citationLukwago, Susan N. and Kreuter, Matthew W. and Holt, Cheryl L. and Steger-May, Karen and Bucholtz, Dawn C. and Skinner, Celette Sugg (2003) Sociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (8). pp. 1271-1274.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 948
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22907
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectCancer
dc.subjectAfrican American women
dc.subjectbreast cancer
dc.subjectmammography rates
dc.subjectdelayed diagnosis
dc.titleSociocultural Correlates of Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening in Urban African American Women
dc.typeArticle

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