TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer fatalism and its demographic correlates among African American and Hispanic women
T2 - Effects on adherence to cancer screening
AU - Dettenborn, Lucia
AU - DuHamel, Katherine
AU - Butts, Gary
AU - Thompson, Hayley
AU - Jandorf, Lina
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the interviewers and participants for their help with the research. The research was funded in part by Grant No. U01 CA 86107 from the National Cancer Institute.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This article focuses on cancer fatalism as a barrier to regular cancer screening among African American and Hispanic women. The purpose of the study was to identify variables associated with cancer fatalism and to investigate the relationship of cancer fatalism and its correlates with adherence to screening for gynecological cancer. Study participants (83 African American women and 98 Hispanic women above the age of 18) were assessed on sociodemographic variables, family health history, current medical access and care, physicians' recommendations, cancer fatalism, and adherence to cancer screening. Multivariate analyses indicated that education was the only variable associated with cancer fatalism. Fatalistic beliefs toward cancer were not associated with adherence to gynecological cancer screening, but a physician's recommendation was. These data indicate that patient-physician communication is crucially important to cancer screening.
AB - This article focuses on cancer fatalism as a barrier to regular cancer screening among African American and Hispanic women. The purpose of the study was to identify variables associated with cancer fatalism and to investigate the relationship of cancer fatalism and its correlates with adherence to screening for gynecological cancer. Study participants (83 African American women and 98 Hispanic women above the age of 18) were assessed on sociodemographic variables, family health history, current medical access and care, physicians' recommendations, cancer fatalism, and adherence to cancer screening. Multivariate analyses indicated that education was the only variable associated with cancer fatalism. Fatalistic beliefs toward cancer were not associated with adherence to gynecological cancer screening, but a physician's recommendation was. These data indicate that patient-physician communication is crucially important to cancer screening.
KW - Adherence to cancer screening
KW - Barriers
KW - Cancer fatalism
KW - Ethnicity
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U2 - 10.1300/J077v22n04_03
DO - 10.1300/J077v22n04_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:28844502042
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 22
SP - 47
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 4
ER -