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Health-oriented behaviors: their implication in attending for breast cancer screening
1Department of Sociology, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Navarre, Spain. llostao@unavarra.es
Objective:
To assess the implication of health-oriented behavior and state of health variables estimated to influence women's participation in a breast cancer screening program.
Methods:
A sample of 512 participants and 196 nonparticipants was taken from a total of 60,908 women between 45 and 65 years of age.
Results:
There are significant differences in women's perception of their knowledge of breast cancer, estimated prognosis, and reasons for not performing self-examination. The nonparticipant group reports more health problems.
Conclusion:
The study assesses the relative contribution of these variables to participation levels, although further empirical testing of all these issues is recommended.