Perceived racial discrimination and nonadherence to screening mammography guidelines: Results from the race differences in the screening mammography process study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1287-1295

  Dailey, Amy B ^a,b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Jones, Beth A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Breast neoplasms; Discrimination (psychology); Ethnic groups; Mammography; Prejudice; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SCREENING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447267207     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm004     Document Type: Article

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