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Breast Cancer
Research results from T. Salant and co-authors update knowledge of breast cancer
June 5th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Collectively shared ideas of community may be equally relevant for the study of health disparities as quantifying the relationship between community structures and health. Data from focus groups (N = 18) that explored understandings of breast cancer and breast cancer risk in African American neighbourhoods revealed three conceptual domains where shared ideas of community informed responses: collective memory, community candidacy, and community victimisation by external aggressors." "Reading the focus group responses in terms of these domains identified perceptions of risk and of candidacy that may be overlooked by...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-05)
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