Download or read book Risk Perception Risk Attribution and Risk Modification Beliefs Among Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Elizabeth Louise Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Determinants of Risk Perception Among Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Myoungsoon You and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Women s Perceptions of Their Risk of Developing Breast Cancer written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study described perceived breast cancer risk compared subjective and objective risk estimates and examined the influence of heuristic reasoning in women's narratives. The survey used three probability scales (Verbal Comparative Numerical) and the Gail model to measure perceived and objective risk. Aim 3 was addressed with argument and heuristic reasoning analysis. We recruited a multicultural educated sample of 184 English-speaking women from community settings. Fifty four provided an in-depth interview. Participants held an optimistic bias regarding their breast cancer risk (comparative optimism and better-than-average) and underestimated their objective risk calculated with the Gail model. Breast cancer worry was a significant predictor of breast cancer risk. Better-educated and higher-income women reported lower levels of worry while Black women were more likely than Asian and White women to report higher levels of worry but not higher levels of perceived risk. Most participants did not know that older age is a breast cancer risk factor and older women did not perceive higher risk. These findings imply that women's knowledge of breast cancer risk factors was incomplete despite their high educational level. Age and family history are independent predictors of sporadic and hereditary/familial breast cancer risk; yet women could not distinguish between the two forms of the disease. Most participants (70%) were adherent to mammography and clinical breast exam (CBE) screening guidelines which can be attributed to high access to screening services and efforts from health care providers. Age having health insurance and higher 5-year Gail scores were significant predictors of frequency of screening mammograms and CBEs. Distrust of the health system was the single most important predictor of predisposition to use health services which in turn was another significant predictor of screening mammograms and CBEs.
Download or read book Perception of Risk and Surveillance Practices for Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN THIS STUDY, A RETROSPECTIVE, DESCRIPTIVE DESIGN WAS EMPLOYED TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEPTION OF RISK AND SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES (MAMMOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION) OF WOMEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER. The Revised Susceptibility, Benefits, and Barriers Scale for Mammography Screening, the CES-D, and a demographic form were administered to a convenience sample of 56 women. There were no significant findings between perceived risk and screening, nor between age or depressive symptoms with perceived risk or screening behaviors. Women with post-secondary qualifications were found to be more likely to obtain regular mammograms (X2 =7.423, df= 1, p =0.006). The level of depressive symptomology was high with 34.5% of participants scoring> 16 on the CES-D.A substantial portion of participants reported depressive symptoms at a level associated with clinically significant levels of depression. Women over age 50 reported significantly more depressive symptoms (t =2.279, p .027). Overall perceived risk was not found to have an association with screening, however depression should be considered more closely when dealing with women with higher-than-average risk of breast cancer.
Download or read book Breast Cancer Early Detection Practices Beliefs Attitudes and Perceptions of Risk Among Mexican Women with and Without a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Matthew Patrick Banegas and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Effects of Risk Perception and Religiosity on Breast Cancer Risk Management Choices in Persons with a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Diana Jill Katz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Perceived Breast Cancer Risk written by Maria Katapodi and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceived Risk and Surveillance Practices of Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Wanda L. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk Perception Risk Communication and Message Framing written by Tracy Lee Williams and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationships between risk perception, risk communication, and health protective behaviour in relation to breast cancer and family history. Qualitative research was conducted to develop a printed community resource. Theoretical and practical implications for health behaviour theory and risk communication are identified.
Download or read book Perceived Risk and Surveillance Practices of Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer microform written by Wanda L. (Wanda Leigh) Martin and published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breast Cancer Detection Behaviors Among Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer written by Kathryn E. Schulte and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Relative Risk written by Nancy C. Baker and published by Penguin Mass Market. This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an emphatic, reassuring, and hopeful guide for those who face an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The author explores the realistic assessment of risks; discusses key diet and health factors that can improve the chances of avoiding the disease; and provides emotional and psychological support for women at risk.
Download or read book Understanding Breast Cancer Risk written by Patricia T. Kelly and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat of breast cancer concerns all women. Those who rely on media reports of various risk factors find they often contain information that is confusing, contradictory, incomplete, and not relevant to individual risk. Patricia T. Kelly, a medical geneticist who specializes in breast cancer risk assessment and counseling, has brought together materials from the fields of genetics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, and counseling to provide a guide to breast cancer risk analysis that is accessible to both health care providers and patients. By addressing the social as well as the scientific aspects of breast cancer risk, this book helps health care professionals to better guide and inform their patients. Understanding Breast Cancer presents the most up to date information about genetic and environmental factors that are either known or believed to influence the risk of breast cancer. Kelly discusses: how to interpret and clarify study results and statistics women's personal fears and beliefs the importance of understanding how each patient defines the disease special concerns of those who have a family history of cancer, benign breast disease, or questions about hormones the active role women should take in devising their own breast health program useful strategies and methods of effective communication to help patients put their risk into perspective and achieve appropriate breast health care This concise, clearly written book enables health care professionals to assess factors that contribute to breast cancer risk; to alleviate fears; to dispel myths about risk factors such as age, family history, diet, stress, and personality; and to help patients achieve an individual and comprehensive view of personal risk and appropriate breast health care. Author note: Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D. is a medical geneticist who has specialized in providing Cancer Risk Analysis in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than ten years. She is the director of the Cancer Risk Analysis service at Children's Hospital of San Francisco and the author of Dealing with Dilemma: A Manual for Genetic Counselors.
Download or read book Perception of Risk Factors written by Danielle Campfield and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk of Breast Cancer Associated with Reproductive and Fertility Factors According to a Family History of Breast Cancer written by Thomas Sellers and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early age at menarche, nulliparity, late age at first birth, and late age at menopause have been consistently associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The association of these factors in addition to other reproductive and fertility factors with risk of breast cancer is less well characterized in women with a family history of breast cancer. The scope of this research is to examine the association of reproductive and fertility factors with risk of breast cancer among sisters, daughters, granddaughters, and nieces of 426 breast cancer probands as well as women who married into the 426 families. We found that women who have used oral contraceptives and also have a first-degree relative with breast cancer were at significantly increased risk of breast cancer compared to genetically comparable women who never used oral contraceptives. The association was particularly strong in families with multiple cases of breast and ovarian cancer and for oral contraceptive use before 1975. Further follow-up is needed of younger women who used oral contraceptives after 1975. These findings are very important in light of the published recommendations that women with a hereditary predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer take oral contraceptives to lower risk of ovarian cancer.
Download or read book Decision making Among Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer written by Claire C. Conley and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women with a high risk of breast cancer have options for reducing risk, including surgery (mastectomy and/or oophorectomy), chemoprevention, and lifestyle changes. However, the ways in which women decide whether or not to pursue these options is not well understood. Both cognitive factors (e.g., perceived risk, perceived seriousness, attitudes) and emotional factors (e.g., cancer-related distress, emotion regulation) play a role in the decision-making process, but have not been tested as a single, integrated model. The present study investigates an innovative dual-pathway model of decision-making in a sample of women at high risk for breast cancer (N = 103). A single group, cross-sectional design was used. Participants self-reported cognitions about breast cancer risk (perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness), attitudes about risk-reducing behaviors, cancer-related distress, emotion regulation, and intentions for risk-reducing behaviors. Mediation analyses examined hypothesized relationships between cognitive variables in predicting behavioral intentions, while moderation analyses examined hypothesized relationships between emotional variables in predicting behavioral intentions. Significant moderating effects of reappraisal were found for emotion-based models predicting mastectomy intentions (p = 0.04; 95% C.I. = [0.01, 0.03]) and chemoprevention intentions (p = 0.02; 95% C.I. = [0.01, 0.03]). No significant effects were observed for cognitive mediation models (all ps > 0.05; 95% C.I. lower bound = -0.03 – -0.01; 95% C.I. upper bound = 0.01 – 0.02). Results indicate that: 1) emotion regulation strategy use plays a significant role in risk-management decision-making; and 2) risk-management decisions are made independent of perceived severity. Results contribute to knowledge of decisional processes among women at high risk for breast cancer and highlight the need for modifications to existing health decision-making models. Specific targets for decision-making support interventions are identified.
Download or read book Environmental and Lifestyle Influences on Breast Cancer Risk Clues from Women with Inherited Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project aims to identify potentially preventable environmental influences on breast and ovarian cancer by focusing on a population of women with genetically inherited predisposition to the disease. This is an extension of our ongoing research into the genetics of breast and ovarian cancer among Jewish women in the New York City area. The IDEA project centered on female relatives of breast cancer patients with confirmed mutations in BRCAl or BRCA2. Each relative provided a blood sample for mutation testing and completed an extensive questionnaire addressing epidemiologic factors in breast cancer risk. Among participants, inherited mutations in BRCAl and BRCA2 were more frequent in women with a younger breast cancer diagnosis and in women with a breast and/or ovarian cancer family history. Breast cancer risks increased over time among women with mutations, suggesting the influence of environmental factors. The experiences and exposures of women with mutations who did and did not develop breast or ovarian cancer were compared to identify factors that ameliorate or exacerbate risk in this high-risk group. These risk factors may be generalized to women without inherited vulnerability to breast or ovarian cancer, as inherited cancer is virtually indistinguishable, clinically and biologically, from its non inherited counterpart.
