Kang S H, Bloom J R, Romano P S
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Jan;84(1):101-3. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.1.101.
This study examined associations between social ties (as measured by the Social Network Index), instrumental and emotional support, and the use of three female cancer screening tests: mammography, cervical smear, and clinical breast examination. Data were taken from a household survey of 670 African-American women living in northern California in 1986. In multiple logistic regression models, Berkman's index was associated with increased use of mammography but not with the use of cervical smear or clinical breast examination. Instrumental and emotional support measures were not significant. These results suggest that social networks may have a role in early cancer detection.
本研究考察了社会关系（通过社会网络指数衡量）、工具性支持和情感支持与三种女性癌症筛查检测方法（乳房X光检查、宫颈涂片检查和临床乳房检查）的使用之间的关联。数据取自1986年对居住在加利福尼亚州北部的670名非裔美国女性进行的一项家庭调查。在多元逻辑回归模型中，伯克曼指数与乳房X光检查使用率的增加相关，但与宫颈涂片检查或临床乳房检查的使用无关。工具性支持和情感支持措施不显著。这些结果表明，社会网络可能在早期癌症检测中发挥作用。
