Download or read book Breast Cancer Screening in Racialized Women written by Aziza Mahamoud and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breast Cancer Screening in Racialized Women written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of new cases per year (incidence) is an important measure of the impact of breast cancer on people's lives, and helps to describe changes in breast cancer rates over time. [...] Role Of Social Determinants And Racialization In Health The impact of social determinants of health on the health outcomes of racialized and immigrant people are well documented [10-12]. [...] Similarly, a new Canadian study published in the BMJ, raises questions about the effectiveness of annual mammography in reducing mor- tality from breast cancer for women 40-59 beyond that of physical examination or usual care (Miller, A., et al., Twenty five year follow-up for breast cancer incidence and mortality of the Canadian National Breast Cancer Screening Study: randomized screening trial. [...] However, there is a strong body of international literature that documents racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer screening and focuses on the status of Black women in particular. [...] Disparities In Breast Cancer Outcomes Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic differences in breast cancer screening have an important impact on the chance of both developing and dying from breast cancer.
Download or read book Racial Differences in Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors and Beliefs in Urban Public School written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in African-American women. Studies have reported that African-American women with breast cancer are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage of the disease and have a higher mortality rate than White women. Despite this, African-American women are less likely than White women to avail themselves of the benefits of screening mammography. This is most often attributed to lack of education, lack of access, and low socioeconomic status. However, it has been repeatedly shown that when socioeconomic, educational, and logistic barriers are minimized, African-Americans continue to underutilize these screening procedures. In this study, breast cancer screening behaviors and the factors that influence those behaviors are measured by means of a survey questionnaire distributed to members of a defined population of African-American and White women with comparable levels of education, health care access, and socioeconomic status. This report describes the background, objectives, and procedures of this study, and details the work carried out in Year 01, including selection of the sample, pilot testing, finalizing materials and procedures, creation of the project database, hiring of personnel. and preliminary mailings.
Download or read book Racial Disparities in Mammography Utilization in Women Under 40 written by Rachel Marie Dolan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Although black women have a lower incidence of breast cancer compared to white women, their overall mortality is higher. Black women are more likely to get cancer at a younger age and at a more advanced stage. Mammography is the best form of secondary prevention for breast cancer; however, previous research indicates that black women over 40 are less likely to receive a mammogram than white women. Mammography utilization in women under 40 has had little evaluation. Employing a logistic regression analysis to the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, this study attempts to determine if racial disparities do exist in mammography utilization, as this could indicate a need for a change in policy with regards to screening for breast cancer. This analysis finds that race is associated with mammography utilization. The results indicate that controlling for income, education, age and insurance status, black women age 30 to 39 are on average more likely to have ever had a mammogram than white women in this age group. Demographic and personal characteristics also differ in importance across different racial and ethnic groups. Future research should focus on women with increased risk factors such as a family history of breast cancer or a genetic predisposition to determine if screening differs by race among women of different risks. When considering future policies, it is important to enable women to know their personal risk, as well as ensure that high-risk women of any age continue to be able to access preventive screening.
Download or read book Barriers and Incentives to Mammography Screening Among African American and Caucasian Women in the Mississippi Delta written by Shani Kehinde Collins and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined barriers and incentives to mammography screening among African American and Caucasian women in the Mississippi Delta. This study sought to identify the most salient barriers and incentives to mammography screening; determine if those barriers and incentives differed by race; and determine if barriers and incentives influenced mammography screening behavior. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The Breast Cancer Screening Measure was administered to 175 African American and Caucasian participants at eight different churches in Leflore County, and at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. The survey measured barriers and incentives to mammography screening as well as breast cancer screening behavior. The study found that fear of breast cancer, perceived benefits of mammograms, and health motivation were the most salient barriers and incentives. It was also determined that African American women were more fearful of breast cancer and more motivated to care for their health when compared to Caucasian women. Finally, there were no differences in screening behavior by race; however, women who were more fearful of breast cancer were likelier to be overdue for a mammogram, and women who were motivated to care for their health more likely to be current. This study's findings have important implications related to the continued need to address psychological barriers to breast cancer screening among "high-risk" women in the Mississippi Delta. Ultimately, the findings may be instrumental in helping future practitioners address fear of breast cancer as a barrier to mammography screening among African American and Caucasian women in rural areas.
Download or read book Saving Women s Lives written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-12-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) present a one-day symposium that was held at the IOM to further disseminate the conclusions and recommendations of the joint IOM and National Research Council report, Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis. The committee assembled for this event was asked to share insights and consider ways in which the objectives of the report could be achieved from the standpoint of what women need to know, the best models of screening programs, manpower, risk stratification, basic research, and payment. This symposium seeks to provide continuing food for thought and ideas for actions in support of breast cancer detection and diagnosis and saving women's lives.
Download or read book Trends and Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening written by Smruti Jadav and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective: (i) To describe the national trend of mammogram screening, clinical breast examination and breast cancer screening from 2000 to 2010 by race. (ii) To estimate racial disparities for mammogram screening, clinical breast examination and breast cancer screening from 2000 to 2010. Methods: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 2000 to 2010 was used for the analysis. All females with age ≥40 years were included in the study. Outcome variables were mammogram screening (MS), clinical breast examination (CBE) and breast cancer screening (BCS). MS and CBE were defined as those females who received MS and CBE respectively in previous one or two years. BCS was defined as those who received MS and CBE (both) in previous one or two years. Main independent variable was race categorized as non-Hispanic whites (NHW), non-Hispanic blacks (NHB), Hispanics and others. Descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the national trends in MS, CBE and BCS for each year from 2000 to 2010 by race. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was conducted to identify racial disparities in MS, CBE and BCS; and non-linear Blinder Oaxaca decomposition was conducted to decompose disparities in explained and unexplained component. Results: Final cohort consisted of 79,068 females (weighted sample size= 764,361,258). MS, CBE and BCS rates were almost stable throughout the decade. In multivariate logistic regression, NHB (OR: 1.27, 95% CI: 1.16-1.40, p
Download or read book Breast Cancer Metastasis and Drug Resistance written by Aamir Ahmad and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resistance to therapies, both targeted and systemic, and metastases to distant organs are the underlying causes of breast cancer-associated mortality. The second edition of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Drug Resistance brings together some of the leading experts to comprehensively understand breast cancer: the factors that make it lethal, and current research and clinical progress. This volume covers the following core topics: basic understanding of breast cancer (statistics, epidemiology, racial disparity and heterogeneity), metastasis and drug resistance (bone metastasis, trastuzumab resistance, tamoxifen resistance and novel therapeutic targets, including non-coding RNAs, inflammatory cytokines, cancer stem cells, ubiquitin ligases, tumor microenvironment and signaling pathways such as TRAIL, JAK-STAT and mTOR) and recent developments in the field (epigenetic regulation, microRNAs-mediated regulation, novel therapies and the clinically relevant 3D models). Experts also discuss the advances in laboratory research along with their translational and clinical implications with an overarching goal to improve the diagnosis and prognosis, particularly that of breast cancer patients with advanced disease.
Download or read book The Effects of Physician Race and Intervention Style on Encouraging Breast Cancer Screening Among African American Women written by LaShonda Yvette Miller Smith and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Poor and Minority Women who are Unscreened Or Underscreened for Breast Cancer written by Kassandra I. Alcaraz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite progress in increasing breast cancer screening rates for more than two decades, disparities in screening mammography persist. Women who are unscreened (i.e., never had a mammogram) or underscreened (i.e., last mammogram was more than two years ago) are disproportionately poor and from racial/ethnic minority groups. Targeted interventions are badly needed as behavioral interventions promoting use of mammography have not been particularly effective among unscreened and underscreened women. Little is known about the broader context of these women's lives, yet this information seems particularly promising for identifying the intervention needs and capacities of these populations. Using a sample of predominantly poor and racial/ethnic minority women who are age-eligible for mammography, the study aims to (1) identify distinct subgroups of women based on patterns of variation in demographic and health-related characteristics associated with screening behavior and (2) identify contextual factors associated with screening behavior by examining the extent to which contextual variables distinguish membership in the identified subgroups. As part of a larger ongoing randomized intervention trial, callers to United Way 2-1-1 Missouri complete a cancer risk assessment and baseline survey at the end of their standard 2-1-1 call. Over a 20-month period during 2010-2012, 711 female callers ages 40 and older answered questions related to use of mammography, other health behaviors, provider recommendation for mammography, social norms for mammography, health insurance coverage, self-rated general health, and individual contextual issues (social capital, perceived stress, unmet basic needs, sense of coherence, and children living in the home). Data from the 2010 U.S. Census assessed area-level characteristics of participants' residential areas. Data were analyzed using Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) and multinomial logistic regression. The study found six distinct subgroups with varying patterns of screening (p
Download or read book A Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journsl written by Independently Published and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6x9/BlackLined/White/120pages A Journal for you to write down your heart's contents, to take notes, practice your creative writing, write down your to-do-lists or simply enjoy journaling.
Download or read book Breast Cancer Education and Screening for Underserved African American Women written by Ann Marie P. March and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Breast cancer mortality rates differ among racial/ethnic groups in the United States and currently are about 16% higher in black women than in white women. The reason for this racial/ethnic difference is unknown. Due to the low rate of breast cancer screening practices in this population, an educational program was developed to increase the participants' knowledge about breast cancer, including the need for breast self-examination (BSE) and mammograms. The plan is to increase the awareness of breast cancer in African American women, and access of routine breast screening in collaboration with community-based organizations such as churches, among low-income and uninsured women. This educational program consists of African American women watching a seven minute educational video. The movie is about breast cancer and the importance of early detection, clinical breast examinations by professionals, yearly mammograms, and demonstrates how to perform breast self examination. This educational program will be guided by a systematic process for the change to evidence-based practice. The program will increase the participant's knowledge of breast cancer risks and screening practices among middle-aged African American women. Breast cancer screening offers the greatest potential for reducing deaths in the African American population. Increased knowledge and changing beliefs associated with breast cancer screening are important when attempting to increase mammography and BSE among African American women. Nurses can make a difference in the education and decrease in mortality rate of these women if they recognize how a woman's cultural beliefs and attitudes can adversely affect health promotion and disease prevention behaviors." -- from Introduction.
Download or read book Understanding Racial Disparities in Mammography Use Among Breast Cancer Survivors written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite general consensus that breast cancer (BC) survivors should undergo annual mammography, findings indicate over 1 in 7 women fail to receive a mammogram within 2 years of BC treatment, and that African Americans are almost half as likely to participate in mammography screening as Caucasians. To develop and pilot test a survey instrument to understand what factors influence a BC survivor's decision to receive mammography and whether differences exist in these factors by patient race. Methods: Using information from the literature and focus groups (two each among African American and Caucasian BC survivors), we developed a mailed patient survey, which was mailed to African American and Caucasian BC survivors. Results were analyzed to identify the beliefs, social influences, and preferences for mammography screening attributes. Results: Overall, general trends showed that test accuracy, friendliness of staff, and ease of appointment scheduling were important attributes to mammogram screening use. Although the low response rates among non-users precluded us from comprehensively evaluating racial differences in the factors associated with mammogram use following BC treatment, the results provide promising preliminary data. Future research will continue investigations into understanding the mammography use decision making process and how this process differs by race. A primary consideration will also be how to improve research participation rates among non-users.
Download or read book Breast Cancer Screening Disparities Among Ethnically Diverse Women in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States (U.S. CSWG, 2009). Health care, screening behaviors (e.g., mammography) and late-stage disease detection account for significant differences in breast cancer morbidity and mortality among ethnically diverse women (ACS, 2007). The current study sought to identify variables that best predict women's breast cancer screening behaviors and to develop screening typologies for women in a large multiethnic sample (N = 15,130) from the California Health Interview Survey 2005 (CHIS, 2006). The study examined whether ethnicity (Hispanic, African American, Asian, and non-Hispanic white) moderated the relationship between emergent typologies and screening outcomes. Variables of interest addressed the following themes: health behaviors, women's health, cancer history, health insurance, health care utilization, mental health, as well as acculturation, racial discrimination, education, and socioeconomic status. Latent profile analysis (LPA : Lanza, Flaherty, & Collins, 2003) was employed to empirically derive and subsequently predict screening using each variable simultaneously to develop typologies of women. Post-hoc analyses using logistic regression were utilized to explain significant ethnicity by class interactions. Results revealed three substantive risk domains, Health, Stress, and Demographic, were significantly related to breast cancer screening. LPA revealed two classes, deemed Healthy and Health Risk, emerged significant for the Health domain. Health Risk class women engaged in more mammography screening, relative to Healthy class counterparts across all ethnic groups (ps
