Early breast cancer detection practices, health beliefs, and cancer worries in Jewish and Arab women

被引：51

作者：

Cohen, M ^{[1
]}

Azaiza, F ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Haifa, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel

来源：

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE | 2005年 / 41卷 / 5-6期

关键词：

breast examination practices; Arab and Jewish women; health belief model; cancer worries;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.07.001

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Background. Breast examinations (BE) for the early detection of breast cancer are the principal way of increasing survival rates in breast cancer. To date, BE practices among Jewish as compared with Arab women, and the factors associated with them have not been examined in Israel. Objectives. (1) To study differences in BE practices among Arab and Jewish women. (2) To characterize demographic, cognitive, and emotional factors related to Arab and Jewish women's BE practices. Method. In 2004, 489 Jewish women and 440 Arab women, ages 20-60, and randomly sampled from the female population of Israel, answered a telephone questionnaire related to BE practices, health beliefs, and breast cancer worries. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：852 / 858

页数：7

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