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Breast Cancer
New data from M.E. Peek et al illuminate research in breast cancer
January 29th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "African-American women have the highest breast cancer death rates of all racial/ethnic groups in the US. Reasons for these disparities are multi-factorial, but include lower mammogram utilization among this population." "Cultural attitudes and beliefs, such as fear and fatalism, have not been fully explored as potential barriers to mammography among African-American women. To explore the reasons for fear associated with breast cancer screening among low-income African-American women. We conducted four focus groups (n=29) among a sample of African-American women at an urban academic medical center. We used trained...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-29)
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