background: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. because of unknown etiology of cancer there is no specific existing method to prevent this diseases. annual mammography is considered the most valuable tool for detecting breast cancer in the earliest possible stages. this study was conducted to determine the effects of an education program on promoting mammography behav...

As neighborhood context is increasingly recognized as an important predictor of health outcomes and health behaviors, this analysis sought to determine the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) and regular mammography screening behavior. One thousand four hundred fifty-one women ages 40 to 79 years who obtained an "index" screening mammogram at one of five urban hos...

BACKGROUND Although abnormal screening mammograms deleteriously affect the psychological well-being of women during the time immediately surrounding the tests, their long-term effects are poorly understood. PURPOSE To characterize the long-term effects of false-positive screening mammograms on the behavior and well-being of women 40 years of age or older. DATA SOURCES English-language studi...

OBJECTIVE To assess the utility of survey-based physician policy in predicting actual mammography ordering behavior, as measured by medical record abstraction. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey of practicing community physicians. Responses were correlated with data abstracted from the medical records of patients in the practices of the participating physicians. PARTICIPANTS Family and general p...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To use transformative learning to investigate what experiences serve as catalysts for mammography screening, the cognitive and affective responses that result from the catalyst, and how screening behavior is impacted. RESEARCH APPROACH A descriptive qualitative study. SETTING Southeastern Wyoming. PARTICIPANTS 25 low-income, rural women aged 40 years and older. METHOD...

BACKGROUND The DMIST (Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Trial) reported improved breast cancer detection with digital mammography compared with film mammography in selected population subgroups, but it did not assess the economic value of digital relative to film mammography screening. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of digital mammography screening for breast cancer. DESIG...

BACKGROUND Research comparing the effects of culturally targeted and generic but linguistically appropriate intervention programs is limited. We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of a culturally targeted video, a generic video, and a fact sheet (control) in promoting mammography screening among Chinese-American immigrants. METHODS We randomized 664 Chinese-America...