Reliability and Validity of Breast Cancer Screening Belief Scales in African American Women

Nursing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Champion, Victoria L ^a   Scott, Catherine R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031261428     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199711000-00006     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. AIKEN, L. S., WEST, S. G., WOODWARD, C. K., & RENO, R. R. (1994). Health beliefs and compliance with mammography-screening recommendations in asymptomatic women. Health Psychology, 13 (2), 122-129.
2. BOYD, C. J., FREY, M. A., & AARONSON, L. S. (1988). Structural equation models in nursing research, Part 1. Nursing Research, 37, 249-252.
3. BURACK, R. C., & LIANG, J. (1989). The acceptance and completion of mammography by older Black women. American Journal of Public Health, 79, 721-726.
4. CARMINES, E., & ZELLER, R. (1979). Reliability and validity assessment. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
5. CHAMPION, V. (1984). Instrument development for Health Belief Model constructs. AVS: Advances in Nursing Science, 6 (3), 73-85.
6. CHAMPION, V. L. (1987). The relationship of breast self-examination to Health Belief Model variables. Research in Nursing and Health, 10, 375-382.
7. CHAMPION, V. L. (1991). The relationship of selected variables to breast cancer detection behaviors in women 35 and older. Oncology Nursing Forum, 18 (4), 733-739.
8. CHAMPION, V. L. (1992). Compliance with guidelines for mammography screening. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 16(4), 253-258.
9. CHAMPION, V. L. (1993). Instrument refinement for breast cancer screening behaviors. Nursing Research, 42 (3), 139-143.
10. CHAMPION, V. L. (1995). Development of a benefits and barriers scale for mammography utilization. Cancer Nursing, 18 (1), 53-59
11. CHAMPION, V. L., & MILLER. (1996). Recent mammography in women aged 35 and older: predisposing variables. Health Care for Women International, 17(3), 233-245.
12. DEVELLIS, R. R. (1991). Scale development: Theory and applications. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
13. FAJARDO, L. L., SAINT-GERMAIN, M., MEAKEM, T. J., III, ROSE, C, & HILLMAN, B. J. (1992). Factors influencing women to undergo screening mammography. Radiology, 184, 59-63.
14. FERKETICH, S. (1991). Focus on psychometrics. Aspects of item analysis. Research in Nursing & Health, 14, 165-168.
15. FRIEDMAN, L. C., HELSON, D. V., WEBB, J. A., HOFFMAN, L. P., & BAER, P. E. (1994). Dispositional optimism, self-efficacy, and health beliefs as predictors of breast self-examination. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 10 (3), 130-135.
16. HYMAN, R. B., BAKER, S., EPHRAIM, R., MOADEL, A., & PHILIP, J. (1994). Health Belief Model variables as predictors of screening mammography utilization. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 17(A), 391-406.
17. JACOB, T. C., PENN, N. E., & BROWN, M. (1989). Breast self-examination: Knowledge, attitudes and performance among Black women. Journal of the National Medical Association, 81, 769-776.
18. KURTZ, M. E., GIVEN, B., GIVEN, C. W., & KURTZ, J. C. (1993). Relationships of barriers and facilitators to breast self-examination, mammography, and clinical breast examination in a worksite population. Cancer Nursing, 16(4), 251-259.
19. LERMAN, C., RIMER, B., TROCK, B., BALSHEM, A., & ENOSTROM, P. F. (1990). Factors associated with repeat adherence to breast cancer screening. Preventive Medicine, 19, 279-290.
20. LIERMAN, L. M., KASPRZYK, D., & BENOLIEL, J. Q. (1991). Understanding adherence to breast self-examination in older women. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 13 (1), 46-66.
21. MANDELBLATT, J., TRAXLER, M., LAKIN, P., KANETSKY, P., & KAO, R. (1993). Targeting breast and cervical cancer screening to elderly poor Black women: Who will participate? The Harlem Study Team. Preventive Medicine, 22, 20-33.
22. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. (1996). Cancer facts and figures. Atlanta, GA: ACS.
23. NUNNALLY, J. C. (1978). Psychometric Theory (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
24. PROCHASKA, J. O., VELICER, W. F., ROSSI, J. S., GOLDSTEIN, M. G., MARCUS, B. H., RAKOWSKI, W., FIORE, C., HARLOW, L. L., REDDING, C. A., ROSENBLOOM, D., & ROSSI, S. (1994). Stages of change and decisional balance for 12 problem behaviors. Health Psychology, 13, 39-46.
25. REIS, L. A., HANKEY, B. F., & EDWARDS, B. K. (1991). Cancer statistics review 1973-1988. (NIH Publication No. 91-2789). Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute.
26. ROBERSON, N. L. (1994). Breast cancer screening in older Black women. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 16(4), 253-258.
27. ROSENSTOCK, I. M., STRECHER, V. J., & BECKER, M. H. (1988). Social learning theory and the Health Belief Model. Health Education Quarterly, 15 (2), 175-183.
28. STEIN, J. A., Fox, S. A., MURATA, P. J. (1991). The influence of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and psychological barriers on use of mammography. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 32, 101-113.
29. STEIN, J. A., Fox, S. A., MURATA, P. J., & MORISKY, D. E. (1992). Mammography usage and the Health Belief Model. Health Education Quarterly, 19 (4), 447-462.
30. TAPLIN, S., & MONTANO, D. E. (1993). Attitudes, age, and participation in mammographic screening: A prospective analysis. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, 6, 13-23.
31. VERNON, S. W., VOGEL, V. G., HALABI, S., JACKSON, G. L., LUNDY, R. O., & PETERS, G. N. (1992). Breast cancer screening behaviors and attitudes in three racial/ethnic groups. Cancer, 69 (1), 165-174.
32. WINGO, P., BOLDEN, S., TONG, T., PARKER, S., MARTIN, L., HEATH, C. (1996). Cancer Statistics for African Americans. American Cancer Society Professional Education Publication (8617-R). Atlanta, GA: ACS.
33. WORDEN, J. K., SOLOMON, L. J., FLYNN, B. S., COSTANZA, M. C., FOSTER, R. S., JR., DORWALDT, A. L., & WEAVER, S. O. (1990). A community-wide program in breast self-examination training and maintenance. Preventive Medicine, 19, 254-269.