Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: do beliefs about God matter?

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Title Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: do beliefs about God matter?
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Emery, Gwyn M.
Date 2000-08
Description This study examined the relationship between beliefs about God's control over health and adherence to breast cancer screening among African American women at high risk for breast cancer. Fifty-two unaffected females participated. The God Health Locus of Control Scale (GHLC) was used to measure belief in God's control over health. Screening was measured by self-report. Bivariate analysis indicated presence of a primary care provider (p = 0.04) and GHLC (p = 0.04) significantly predicted clinical breast exam (CBE) and mammography adherence. With presence of a primary care provider excluded from the final logistic model, GHLC was inversely associated with CBE and mammography (OR = 0. 88, CI = 0. 77-1.0). African American women at high risk for breast cancer with strong beliefs in God's control over health may adhere poorly to CBE and mammography recommendations. Nurses who assess their patients' beliefs may better help them recognize ways such beliefs may impact screening.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Black people; Medicine, Religious Philosophies
Subject MESH Breast Neoplasms; Health; Hygiene; Women's Health
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of " Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: do beliefs about God matter?" Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Print version of "Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: do beliefs about God matter?" available at J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collection. RC39.5 2000 .E44.
Rights Management © Gwyn M. Emery.
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available).
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gb25vb
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