Kudadjie-Gyamfi Elizabeth, Consedine Nathan, Magai Carol, Gillespie Michael, Pierre-Louis Jessy
Department of Psychology, Long Island University, 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Jul;92(1):35-45. doi: 10.1007/s10549-005-0154-9.
Diverse samples of women (N = 1364) from Brooklyn, New York, were interviewed regarding their breast cancer screening practices. Of interest here is the relation between cancer worry and adherence to breast self-examination (BSE) guidelines among the six ethnic groups identified--European American, African American, Haitian, Dominican and English-speaking Caribbean women. There was a significant difference in cancer worry by ethnicity. Logistic regression analysis indicated that education, cancer worry, and perceived efficacy of BSE significantly predicted adherence. Furthermore, there were significant differences among women of African descent in BSE adherence and cancer worry. These differences reflect the emerging need for researchers to empirically and methodically investigate ethnic and cultural factors, as well as emotions and affect in preventive health behaviors.
对来自纽约布鲁克林的1364名女性进行了多样化样本访谈，询问她们的乳腺癌筛查做法。这里感兴趣的是在确定的六个种族群体（欧裔美国人、非裔美国人、海地人、多米尼加人和说英语的加勒比女性）中，癌症担忧与坚持乳房自我检查（BSE）指南之间的关系。不同种族在癌症担忧方面存在显著差异。逻辑回归分析表明，教育程度、癌症担忧以及对BSE的感知效能显著预测了坚持情况。此外，非洲裔女性在BSE坚持情况和癌症担忧方面存在显著差异。这些差异反映出研究人员迫切需要从经验和方法上调查种族和文化因素，以及预防健康行为中的情绪和情感。
