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Thesis
Breast Cancer Screening Disparities in African American Women
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
04/2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3780
Abstract
The incidence of breast cancer in African American women is lower than Caucasian women. However, the death rate from breast cancer in African American women is much higher. The reason for the high mortality rate from breast cancer has multiple factors. Socio-economic factors and common beliefs and attitudes all contribute to this health disparity. This article focuses on the role of beliefs and attitudes to breast cancer screening in African American women. Fear, fatalism, mistrust of the healthcare system,myths and lack of knowledge about cancer are characteristics of common healthcare attitudes in the African American community. Strategies that have been effective in addressing this disparity and the clinical implication of these barriers to nurse practitioners are discussed.
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- Title
- Breast Cancer Screening Disparities in African American Women
- Creators
- Asmarawork T. Measho
- Contributors
- Louise Kaplan (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590535801842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis