Factors Associated with Breast Cancer Screening in Asian Indian Women in Metro-Detroit
Factors Associated with Breast Cancer Screening in Asian Indian Women in Metro-Detroit
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-009-9277-0
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Soliman, Amr S.
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作者：
Boxwala, Fatema I.;Bridgemohan, Areeta;Soliman, Amr S.
很少有研究调查与美国中西部亚洲印度妇女乳腺癌筛查相关的社会因素。本横断面、以社区为基础的调查利用健康信念模型的结构来检查与密歇根州底特律大都会的亚洲印度妇女乳腺癌筛查相关的因素。在160名参与者中，63.8%的人报告在过去两年内接受过临床乳房检查和乳房x光检查。如果女性受过大学教育，在美国生活的时间更长，认识到乳腺癌筛查对早期发现乳腺癌很有用，同意乳房x光检查的重要性，并得到医疗保健提供者的建议去做乳房x光检查，她们更有可能进行乳腺癌筛查。这些发现强调需要进一步研究亚太岛民亚群（如最近移民到美国的亚洲印度妇女）在乳腺癌筛查知识、行为和预测因素方面的区域差异。
Few studies have examined social factors related to breast cancer screening in Asian Indian women in the Midwestern US. This cross-sectional, community-based survey utilized constructs of the Health Belief Model to examine factors associated with breast cancer screening among Asian Indian women in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. Of the 160 participants, 63.8% reported receiving both a clinical breast exam and mammogram within the past 2 years. Women were more likely to screen for breast cancer if they had a college education, lived in the US for more years, perceived that breast cancer screening is useful in detecting breast cancer early, agreed that mammography was important, and received a recommendation by a healthcare provider to get a mammogram. These findings highlight the need for further research on regional differences in breast cancer screening knowledge, behaviors and predictors among Asian Pacific Islanders subgroups such as Asian Indian women who recently immigrated to the US.