PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between women's reported social support and their adherence to recommended breast cancer screening guidelines. DESIGN Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. SETTING Community women's organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. SAMPLE 833 mostly low-income women with a mean age of 46.2 years from three racial or ethnic groups (i.e., Lat...

PURPOSE In 2006, Sharp Health Plan (SHP) conducted a campaign to increase mammography screening for at-risk female members that consisted of mailing each eligible member an informational mammography postcard with an appointment tracker. Then came an automated phone call reminder. After the mammography campaign, 70 percent of SHP members sought mammography screening while 30 percent remained non...

OBJECTIVE To identify components of a proposed blood-borne virus (BBV) population screening programme and its associated consent procedure that both the public and health practitioners (HPs) would find acceptable. The proposed BBV screening system would aim to reduce late diagnosis of BBVs and be used in patients undergoing routine blood tests, aided by risk stratification software to target in...

OBJECTIVE To determine FPs' choices of and opinions on colorectal cancer (CRC) screening options in the context of a new provincewide screening program. METHODS Mailed survey, using a modified Dillman protocol, which asked about 5 recommended CRC screening modalities. SETTING Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Computer-generated random sample of 894 eligible FPs and GPs from a commercially available p...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer screening rates have increased over time in the United States. However actual screening rates appear to be lower among black women compared with white women. PURPOSE To assess determinants of breast cancer screening among women in Michigan USA, focusing on individual and neighborhood socio-economic status and healthcare access. METHODS Data from 1163 women ages 50-7...

AIM To understand the role of knowledge as a promoter of hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening among primary care physicians (PCP). METHODS A 45-item online questionnaire assessing knowledge of HCV natural history, risk factors, and treatment was distributed to 163 PCP. Logistic regression, adjusted for survey responses, assessed associations between PCP knowledge of HCV natural history and treat...

AIM Screening first-degree relatives of celiac disease (CD) patients offers an opportunity to diagnose CD in a high-risk population.This study aims to determine how frequently CD patients receive a physician-issued recommendation for first-degree relative screening. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 12-question survey assessing whether CD patients receive a physician recommendation to screen first-degr...