Title
Mental Health and Breast Cancer Screening Utilization Among Older Hispanic Women
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2-2016
Abstract
Considerable racial and ethnic differences exist in the way the burden of cancer is experienced in the United States for older Hispanic women. This study utilized data from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the mental health factors associated with older Hispanic women’s participation in breast cancer screening services. Logistic regression models were used. Findings indicated that anxiety and positive affect were associated with a greater likelihood of participating in breast cancer screening. Despite ongoing national conversations, evidence indicates there is agreement that underserved women need to be screened, particularly the older Hispanic population.
Publication Title
Journal of Women & Aging
Repository Citation
Cadet, Tamara; Berrett-Abebe, Julie; and Stewart, Kathleen, "Mental Health and Breast Cancer Screening Utilization Among Older Hispanic Women" (2016). School of Education and Human Development Faculty Publications. 184.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/education-facultypubs/184
Published Citation
Cadet, Tamara J., Julie Berrett-Abebe, and Kathleen Stewart. "Mental health and breast cancer screening utilization among older Hispanic women." Journal of Women & Aging 29, no. 2 (2017): 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2015.1113726
DOI
10.1080/08952841.2015.1113726
Peer Reviewed
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