Unraveling women's perceptions of risk for breast cancer

Health Education Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-475

  Bottorff, Joan L ^a   Richardson, Chris ^a   Balneaves, Lynda G ^a   McCullum, Mary ^b   Buxton, Jane A ^a   Ratner, Pamela A ^a   Hack, Toro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; WOMEN;

EID: 3343008733     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg050     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Bowen, D., Hickman, K.M. and Powers, D. (1997) Importance of psychological variables in understanding risk perceptions and breast cancer screening of African American women. Womens Health, 3, 227-242.
2. Clemow, L., Costanza, M.E., Haddad, W.P., Luckmann, R., White, M.J., Klaus, D. and Stoddard, A.M. (2000) Under-utilizers of mammography screening today: characteristics of women planning, undecided about and not planning a mammogram. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 80-88.
3. Daly, M.B., Lerman, C.L., Ross, E., Schwartz, M.D., Sands, C.B. and Masny, A. (1996) Gail model breast cancer risk components are poor predictors of risk perception and screening behavior. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 41, 59-70.
4. Evans, D.G., Burnell, L.D., Hopwood, P. and Howell, A. (1993) Perception of risk in women with a family history of breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 67, 612-614.
5. Gail, M.H., Brinton, L.A., Byar, D.P., Corle, D.K., Green, S.B., Schairer, C. and Mulvihill, J.J. (1989) Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined annually. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 81, 1879-1886.
6. Hoorens, V. and Buunk, B.P. (1993) Social comparison of health risks: locus of control, the person-positivity bias and unrealistic optimism. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 291-302.
7. Hopwood, P. (2003) Breast cancer risk perception: what do we know and understand? Breast Cancer Research, 2, 387-391.
8. Kash, K.M., Holland, J.C., Halper, M.S. and Miller, D.G. (1992) Psychological distress and surveillance behaviors of women with a family history of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 84, 24-30.
9. Kreuter, M.W. and Strecher, V.J. (1995) Changing inaccurate perceptions of health risk: results from a randomized trial. Health Psychology, 14, 56-63.
10. Lerman, C., Daly, M., Sands, C., Balshem, A., Lustbader, E., Heggan, T., Goldstein, L., James, J. and Engstrom, P. (1993) Mammography adherence and psychological distress among women at risk for breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 85, 1074-1080.
11. Lerman, C., Kash, K. and Stefanek, M. (1994) Younger women at increased risk for breast cancer: perceived risk, psychological well-being and surveillance behavior. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 16, 171-176.
12. Leventhal, H., Kelly, K. and Leventhal, E.A. (1999) Population risk, actual risk, perceived risk and cancer control: a discussion. Monographs: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 25, 81-85.
13. Lipkus, I.M., Biradavolu, M., Fenn, K., Keller, P. and Rimer, B.K. (2001) Informing women about their breast cancer risks: truth and consequences. Health Communication, 13, 205-226.
14. MacKarem, G., Roche, C.A. and Hughes, K.S. (2001) The effectiveness of the Gail model in estimating risk for development of breast cancer in women under 40 years of age. Breast Journal, 7, 34-39.
15. McCaul, K.D. and O'Donnell, S.M. (1998) Naive beliefs about breast cancer risk. Women's Health, 4, 93-101.
16. McTiernan, A., Kuniyuki, A., Yasui, Y., Bowen, D., Burke, W., Culver, J.B., Anderson, R. and Durfy, S. (2001) Comparisons of two breast cancer risk estimates in women with a family history of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 10, 333-338.
17. Skinner, C.S., Campbell, M.K., Rimer, B.K., Curry, S. and Prochaska, J.O. (1999) How effective is tailored print communication? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21,290-298.
18. Stalmeier, P.F., Unic, I.J., Verhoef, L.C. and van Daal, W.A. (1999) Evaluation of a shared decision making program for women suspected to have a genetic predisposition to breast cancer: preliminary results. Medical Decision Making, 19, 230-241.
19. Vernon, S.W. (1999) Risk perception and risk communication for cancer screening behaviors: a review. Monographs: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 25, 101-119.
20. Vernon, S.W., Vogel, V.G., Halabi, S. and Bondy, M.L. (1993) Factors associated with perceived risk of breast cancer among women attending a screening program. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 28, 137-144.
21. Watson, M., Lloyd, S., Meyer, L., Eeles, R., Ebbs, S. and Murday, V. (1999) The impact of genetic counselling on risk perception and mental health in women with a family history of breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 79, 868-874.
22. Weinstein, N.D. (1988) The precaution adoption process. Health Psychology, 7, 355-386.
23. Weinstein, N.D. (1999) What does it mean to understand a risk? Evaluating risk comprehension. Monographs: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 25, 15-20.
24. Woloshin, S., Schwartz, L.M., Black, W.C. and Welch, H.G. (1999) Women's perceptions of breast cancer risk: how you ask matters. Medical Decision Making, 19, 221-229.