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A high percentage of Korean American (KA) women have never had a mammogram, which puts them at greater risk for late-stage breast cancer. The aim of this study was to compare health beliefs and spousal support about breast cancer and screening between KA women with and without a history of mammogram completion. Cross-sectional data were obtained from 428 non-adherent married KA women. KA women who never had a mammogram were younger, had less access to health care, had less knowledge, and had lower perceived self-efficacy, benefits, and spousal support, and higher perceived barriers to breast cancer screening compared to women who had had a mammogram. Assessing differing characteristics between the two groups of KA women may lead to a better understanding of the variables influencing mammography screening in this population and possibly increase early screening.
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This work was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (R01CA127650). This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Illinois at Chicago and University of California, Los Angeles. We gratefully acknowledge the Korean American couples who consented to participate in the study and the leaders of the multiple Korean religious organizations that were data collection sites. We also appreciate the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing’s Dr. Priscilla Kehoe for reviewing our manuscript.
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Lee, E.E., Nandy, K., Szalacha, L. et al. Korean American Women and Mammogram Uptake. J Immigrant Minority Health 18, 179–186 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0164-6
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