BACKGROUND Mammography screening has been shown to vary by race/ethnicity and is often thought to result from variations in access to health care. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of recent mammography screening among U.S. active duty servicewomen by race/ethnicity using administrative claim data from the Military Health System, which provides beneficiaries with equal a...

BACKGROUND Efficiency and efficacy of organised mammography screening programs have been proven in large randomised trials. But every local implementation of mammography screening has to check whether the well established quality standards are met. Therefore it was the aim of this study to analyse the most common quality indices after introducing organised mammography screening in Tyrol, Austri...

QUESTION UNDER STUDY Physicians play a key role in motivating women to undergo mammography screening. In 1998 we assessed Swiss physicians' attitudes to mammography screening and their prescription behaviour in this regard. METHODS All female physicians and every second male physician aged 50-69 who were either not board-certified or board-certified in general practice, internal medicine, or ...

IMPORTANCE Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among US women. Mammography screening may be associated with reduced breast cancer mortality but can also cause harm. Guidelines recommend individualizing screening decisions, particularly for younger women. OBJECTIVES We reviewed the evidence on the mortality benefit and chief harms of mammography screening and what is kno...

BACKGROUND Screening guidelines recommend that mammography be targeted to women likely to live longer than 5 years. Because women undergoing dialysis have a reduced but variable life expectancy, their appropriate use of screening is controversial. Therefore, we conducted this study to describe national mammography rates among women undergoing dialysis with differing prognostic factors and to de...

INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in Singapore. Five years after a population-wide breast cancer screening programme was introduced, screening rates remained relatively low at 41%. Studies have shown decreased screening propensity among medically underserved women typically of minority or socioeconomically disadvantaged status. We conducted a quasi-randomised pragmati...

We evaluated factors associated with the regular use of screening mammography among women presenting for screening. Six thousand two hundred forty-four women ages 55 and older who participated in the 1991-1992 Texas Breast Screening Project were classified as regular or irregular users of mammography according to self-reported mammographic history since 1986. Logistic regression was applied to ...

BACKGROUND For low income and uninsured populations, safety net clinics are an important source of health care, including preventive services such as mammography screening. However, little is known about how well breast health is coordinated within the safety net clinic environment and what barriers patients encounter. METHODS A needs assessment was conducted among eight community-based safet...

This study sought to explore the contribution of the self-concept to older women's adherence to regular mammography screening behavior. The PRECEDE and health belief model concepts were incorporated with a measure of the women's future selves to determine whether the self-concept adds to our ability to predict screening. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 210 community-dwelling ...

This paper reviews the ability of screening mammography to reduce breast cancer death rates, and it discusses methods that maximize benefits and reduce false-positive interpretations in a screening program. The review covers published results from screening mammography programs conducted in Europe and North America, along with quality assurance measures designed to ensure that similar or even b...