Author: Maybo HeuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Breast
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Breast Cancer Screening Among Asian and Pacific Islander Women Compared to White, African American, and Hispanic Women Living in California
Author: Maybo HeuBreast Cancer in California
Author: Judy MacLeanBreast Cancer Screening Disparities Among Ethnically Diverse Women in California
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in the United States (U.S. CSWG, 2009). Health care, screening behaviors (e.g., mammography) and late-stage disease detection account for significant differences in breast cancer morbidity and mortality among ethnically diverse women (ACS, 2007). The current study sought to identify variables that best predict women's breast cancer screening behaviors and to develop screening typologies for women in a large multiethnic sample (N = 15,130) from the California Health Interview Survey 2005 (CHIS, 2006). The study examined whether ethnicity (Hispanic, African American, Asian, and non-Hispanic white) moderated the relationship between emergent typologies and screening outcomes. Variables of interest addressed the following themes: health behaviors, women's health, cancer history, health insurance, health care utilization, mental health, as well as acculturation, racial discrimination, education, and socioeconomic status. Latent profile analysis (LPA : Lanza, Flaherty, & Collins, 2003) was employed to empirically derive and subsequently predict screening using each variable simultaneously to develop typologies of women. Post-hoc analyses using logistic regression were utilized to explain significant ethnicity by class interactions. Results revealed three substantive risk domains, Health, Stress, and Demographic, were significantly related to breast cancer screening. LPA revealed two classes, deemed Healthy and Health Risk, emerged significant for the Health domain. Health Risk class women engaged in more mammography screening, relative to Healthy class counterparts across all ethnic groups (ps
A Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women
Author: Female Breast Cancer in California, 2005
Author: Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Minority Women
Author: Breast Cancer in California, 2003
Author: Stress, Neighborhood Context, and Breast Cancer Risk Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women
Author: Brittany Noelle MoreyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States (US), including all major ethnic groups of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women. In contrast to recent trends of breast cancer incidence among other racial/ethnic groups in the US, the incidence of breast cancer among AANHPI women has been increasing rapidly over time. Incidence is also generally higher among women who are US-born relative to foreign-born and among those who have resided longer in the US, after controlling for age. These patterns suggest that factors related to living in the US context may increase breast cancer risk for these women. This dissertation draws upon the Stress-Exposure Disease Model and segmented assimilation theory to study the associations between psychosocial stress, social environments, and physical environments on odds of having breast cancer. Furthermore, breast cancer risk was assessed by examining health behaviors related to cancer (physical activity, alcohol use, fruit and vegetable consumption) and body mass index. Data was from the Asian Community Health Initiative (N=621), a case-control study of 139 breast cancer cases and 483 ethnicity- and age-matched controls, all self-identified AANHPI women living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Geographic Information Systems and multivariable linear regression were used to assess the roles of psychosocial stress, ethnic enclaves, and the built environment on breast cancer risk. Analyses controlled for well-known risk factors (e.g. age, family history of breast cancer, reproductive history, etc.). This research found that psychosocial stressors were not associated with having breast cancer. Greater general stress was associated with less physical activity. Low collective efficacy was associated with lower fruit consumption and low neighborhood safety was associated with lower vegetable consumption. Women living in high ethnic enclave, high socioeconomic status neighborhoods had the highest odds of having breast cancer. Additionally, living in high ethnic enclaves was associated with less strenuous physical activity and lower alcohol consumption. Features of the built environment were not associated with breast cancer risk. This research shows how social environments are associated with health for AANHPI women, contributing to our understanding of how health for this minority group is uniquely shaped by neighborhood contexts.
Handbook of Cancer Survivorship
Author: Michael FeuersteinPublisher:
ISBN: 9783319774312
Category : Cancer
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
"The timely revision of this authoritative handbook gives a wide range of health care providers practical insights and strategies for treating cancer survivors' long-term physical and mental health issues and promoting healthy lifestyle habits. Details of new and emerging trends in research and practice enhance readers' awareness of issues faced by survivors so they may better detect, monitor, intervene in, and if possible prevent distressing conditions and potentially harmful outcomes. Of particular emphasis are different models of care that may be applicable to diverse clinical settings around the world. New or updated chapters cover major challenges to survivors' quality of life and options for health care delivery across key life domains, including: Adaptation and coping post-treatment. Problems of aging in survivorship, including disparities and financial hardship. Well-being concerns including physical activity, weight loss, nutrition, and smoking cessation. Core functional areas such as work, sleep, relationships, and cognition. Large-scale symptoms including pain, distress, and fatigue. Models of care including primary care and comprehensive cancer center. International perspectives. PLUS, insights about lessons learned and challenges ahead"--Publisher's description
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