Breast Cancer Screening and Health Behaviors among African American and Caribbean Women in New York City

Abstract Backgroundcxs Early detection of breast cancer is effective for prolonging survival, but the participation rate in breast cancer screening among target Japanese women remains low. This study examined the relationships between tendencies in decision-making under conditions of uncertainty, health behaviors, demographics, and breast cancer screening participation in Japanese women. Methods Secondary analysis was performed using data from the 2017 Keio Household Panel Survey (KHPS). The study population consisted of 2945 households. Data were obtained from the KHPS for women aged 40 years or older. Breast cancer screening participation in the past year, risk aversion, time preference, health behaviors (e.g., smoking, alcohol consumption, and medical treatment received in the past year), and demographic variables were analyzed. Results Data from 708 women were analyzed. Among the respondents, 28.8% had attended breast cancer screening in the past year. Factors found to significantly contribute to breast cancer screening participation included higher risk aversion (odds ratio [OR], 2.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03–5.32; p = 0.043), medical treatment received in the past year (OR, 1.56; 95% CI = 1.06–2.30; p = 0.026), higher self-rated health (OR, 1.47; 95% CI = 1.18–1.83; p = 0.001), living above the poverty line (OR, 2.31; 95% CI = 1.13–4.72; p = 0.022), and having children (OR, 1.57; 95% CI = 1.02–2.42; p = 0.042). Factors significantly associated with non-participation in breast cancer screening were smoking (OR, 0.20; 95% CI = 0.10–0.42; p < 0.000), alcohol consumption (OR, 0.56; 95% CI = 0.37–0.86; p = 0.007), being self-employed (OR, 0.22; 95% CI = 0.10–0.46; p < 0.000), and being unemployed (OR, 0.48; 95% CI = 0.26–0.90; p = 0.022). No significant relationship was observed between time preference and screening participation. Conclusions The results indicate that women who recognize the actual risk of developing breast cancer or have high awareness of breast cancer prevention tend to participate in breast cancer screening. Barriers to screening participation are not working for an organization that encourages screening and low income.

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Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Rural, African American Communities: The "Science and Art" of Community Health Promotion

Health & Social Work ◽

10.1093/hsw/23.2.104 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 104-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

M. Altpeter ◽

J. A. L. Earp ◽

J. H. Schopler

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Health Promotion ◽

African American ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Community Health ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

Community Health Promotion ◽

Science And Art ◽

African American Communities

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Channelling the dead: A conversation on Desdemona with Tina Benko

Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance ◽

10.1386/jafp_00033_7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 305-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Valentina Rapetti

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

African American ◽

Toni Morrison ◽

York City ◽

Nobel Laureate ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

American Theatre ◽

Broad Variety ◽

Character Building

Tina Benko is an American stage, screen and television actress who has steadily trodden the Broadway boards for twenty years while starring in films and TV series and teaching acting and movement in New York City. An intensely focused and versatile performer, Benko has played in a broad variety of genres, ranging from screwball and Shakespearean comedies to realistic Russian, Scandinavian and American plays. In this interview, she discusses the factors that attracted her to drama and theatre, her acting training and approach to character-building, and theatre as a space for healing and reconciliation as she experienced it while working in Desdemona (2012), a cross-cultural theatre adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello staged by American theatre and opera director Peter Sellars, with texts by African American Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, and music and lyrics by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré.

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A Comparison of Compliance and Noncompliance in Breast Cancer Screening among African American Women

Health & Social Work ◽

10.1093/hsw/hlx027 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 159-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Cindy Davis ◽

Tamara J. Cadet ◽

Matthew Moore ◽

Kathleen Darby

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

African American ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

African American Women ◽

Breast Cancer Screening ◽

American Women

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