Predictors of adherence to screening mammography among Korean American women

Juon, Hee‐Soon; Kim, Miyong T.; Shankar, S.; Han, Wolmi

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.006

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“…It is well known that problems with health care access are related to KA women's BC screening behaviors [6,10,14,15]. Our findings indicate that the negative impact of not having health care access has more of an effect on women who have never had a mammogram than on their counterparts who have had one in the past.…”

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“…Only 22-39 % of KA women reported having had a mammogram within the previous year, whereas more than 50 % of White, African American, and Hispanic women had yearly mammograms [5][6][7]. More notably, 22-52 % of KA women have never had a mammogram [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], placing them at greater risk for detecting BC in later stages. The alarmingly high rate of unscreened KA women indicates an urgent need to understand this vulnerable subgroup of KAs and to develop targeted interventions for them.…”

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Korean American Women and Mammogram Uptake

Lee

Nandy

Szalacha

et al. 2015

J Immigrant Minority Health

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A high percentage of Korean American (KA) women have never had a mammogram, which puts them at greater risk for late-stage breast cancer. The aim of this study was to compare health beliefs and spousal support about breast cancer and screening between KA women with and without a history of mammogram completion. Crosssectional data were obtained from 428 non-adherent married KA women. KA women who never had a mammogram were younger, had less access to health care, had less knowledge, and had lower perceived self-efficacy, benefits, and spousal support, and higher perceived barriers to breast cancer screening compared to women who had had a mammogram. Assessing differing characteristics between the two groups of KA women may lead to a better understanding of the variables influencing mammography screening in this population and possibly increase early screening.

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Korean American Women and Mammogram Uptake

Lee

Nandy

Szalacha

et al. 2015

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Social support, including employers, colleagues in the workplace, family, and friends, can be improved through appropriate health education campaign, then it is likely that a more positive attitude toward preventive health care will be provided Abdullah and Leung, 2000;Juon, et al, 2004). Similarly, several researchers showed strong relationships between beliefs and health behaviors, such as mammography (Rakowski et al, 1992;McPhee et al, 1997;Poss et al, 2001;Sheeran et al, 2002;Ajzen, 2004).…”

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Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Ahmadian¹,

Samah²,

Redzuan³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Mammography utilization is low in Iran compared with other countries. Here a cross-sectional survey design was used to investigate psycho-social and individual factors associated with mammography among 400 women asymptomatic of breast cancer. The study was carried out at the four outpatient clinics of Tehran during the period from July through October, 2009. We found that mammography screening was related to higher selfefficacy and women's occupation. Future tailored interventions on potential psycho-social determinants and specific demographic factors are critical in increasing mammography screening rates among Iranian women.

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“…This disparity has been attributed to many causative factors, including low socioeconomic status and lack of health care access of the minority patient populations, as well as cultural barriers [4,5,[18][19][20]. The variable of ethnicity, in particular, has the potential to act on both the recipient and the provider of preventive medicine.…”

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“…A lack of health insurance was previously shown to predict low screening rates in surveys of Asian Americans [19]. Individuals without health insurance are postulated to have less access to health care providers and insufficient means to pay for the costly screening tests such as mammography.…”

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Cancer Screening Practices of Asian American Physicians in New York City

Bodle

Islam

Kwon

et al. 2007

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Cancer screening rates are lower among Asian Americans than the general USA population. While prior studies examined characteristics of Asian American patients as predictors of cancer screening, few investigated their health care providers. Asian American primary care physicians practicing in New York City were surveyed by questionnaire regarding their demographics, practice characteristics, and cancer screening of their Asian American patients. Of the 117 eligible respondents, 96% recommended mammograms to their Asian patients 50+ years of age and 70% to patients 40-49-year-old. Only 30% of respondents use both age and onset of sexual activity to determine when to recommend Pap smears. For colorectal cancer screening, the rates of performing fecal occult blood testing or recommending colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy were 77% and 74%. About 70% recommend screening for hepatitis B. Gender and ethnicity of the physician were found to be significant predictors for cancer screening practice.

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Predictors of adherence to screening mammography among Korean American women

Cited by 114 publications

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Korean American Women and Mammogram Uptake

Korean American Women and Mammogram Uptake

Predictors of Mammography Screening among Iranian Women Attending Outpatient Clinics in Tehran, Iran

Cancer Screening Practices of Asian American Physicians in New York City

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