Abstract
The purposes of this study were to describe differences in the frequency of use of breast cancer control methods (mammogram (MAM), clinical breast examination (CBE), and breast self-examination (BSE)) and health beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer control methods, and to assess the usefulness of health beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer control methods in predicting use of breast cancer control methods among black and white women.
Sigma Membership
Iota Theta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Self-Care in Women, Cultural Differences, Breast Cancer Prevention Techniques
Advisor
Ann Sirles
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Degree Year
1991
Recommended Citation
Douglass, Merrian E., "Differences in the frequency of use of breast cancer control methods in Black and white women: An application of the Health Belief Model" (2019). Dissertations. 1862.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1862
Rights Holder
All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.
All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.
All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.
Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-08-22
Full Text of Presentation
wf_yes
Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9134226; ProQuest document ID: 303933638. The author still retains copyright.