Relationships of Family History-related Factors and Causal Beliefs to Cancer Risk Perception and Mammography Screening Adherence Among Medically Underserved Women.

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This study examines how family history-related factors and causal beliefs affect underserved women's cancer risk perceptions and adherence to mammography. 1,010 patients at a primary care safety net clinic at a large urban hospital completed a survey in 2015. Of the 1,010 patients, 467 women 45 years of age or older were included in this analysis. The majority of participants were African American (68%). We built...

Topics

• Black or African American
• Aged
• Breast Neoplasms
• Early Detection of Cancer
• Female
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Health Care Surveys
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Humans
• Mammography
• Medical History Taking
• Medically Underserved Area