Screening Practices and Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Cancer Among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women 35 Years Old or Older in Nueces County, Texas
Author: Tortolero-Luna, Guillermo
Date Published: 1995
A telephone survey was conducted among women 35 years old or older in Nueces County, Texas, to assess ethnic differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women in self-reported cancer screening practices and knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about cancer and to evaluate the effect of ethnicity as a predictor for screening practices. After control for confounding factors, Hispanics were still less likely to have ever had a clinical breast examination and fecal occult blood test. The results suggest the need for more culturally sensitive health promotion efforts to improve knowledge about cancer and early detection practices among Hispanic women.
Date Published: 1995
A telephone survey was conducted among women 35 years old or older in Nueces County, Texas, to assess ethnic differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women in self-reported cancer screening practices and knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about cancer and to evaluate the effect of ethnicity as a predictor for screening practices. After control for confounding factors, Hispanics were still less likely to have ever had a clinical breast examination and fecal occult blood test. The results suggest the need for more culturally sensitive health promotion efforts to improve knowledge about cancer and early detection practices among Hispanic women.
