Mary E Costanza
Biographic Data
| ID | 5534310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary E Costanza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary E |
| FAMILY NAME | Costanza |
| SIGNATURE | COSTANZA M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Health literacy–listening skill and patient questions following cancer prevention and screening discussions
OBJECTIVE: Patient question-asking is essential to shared decision making. We sought to describe patients' questions when faced with cancer prevention and screening decisions, and to explore differences in question-asking as a function of health literacy with respect to spoken information (health literacy-listening). METHODS: Four-hundred and thirty-three (433) adults listened to simulated physician-patient interactions discussing (i) prophylacti…
Clinical breast examination, breast self-examination: What is the evidence for utility in screening for breast cancer
Changes in mammography use: Economic, need, and service factors
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to document changes in mammography use between 1987 and 1990 and assess the relationship of use to selected economic, need, and health system factors. METHODS. Independent random-digit-dialed telephone surveys of women between 52 and 75 years of age were conducted. RESULTS. Between 1987 and 1990, the proportion of women who had had a mammogram in the past year increased from 31% to 51%. Though income was …
Interval Adherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines
The objectives of this research were to document adherence to mammography screening guidelines among women over 50 years of age and to investigate factors related to adherence. Selected sociodemographic variables--personal breast health history, provider-related variables, and medical care utilization--were studied. Data were collected through a random digit dial telephone survey of 693 women from two geographic areas. While 48% had had a mammogr…
Breast cancer screening by mammography: Utilization and associated factors
The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women reported ever having had a mammogram. Of those who had ever had a mammogram, 21% reported that the mammogram in the past year was the…
Breast cancer screening by mammography: Utilization and associated factors
The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women reported ever having had a mammogram. Of those who had ever had a mammogram, 21% reported that the mammogram in the past year was the…
Changes in mammography use: Economic, need, and service factors
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to document changes in mammography use between 1987 and 1990 and assess the relationship of use to selected economic, need, and health system factors. METHODS. Independent random-digit-dialed telephone surveys of women between 52 and 75 years of age were conducted. RESULTS. Between 1987 and 1990, the proportion of women who had had a mammogram in the past year increased from 31% to 51%. Though income was …
Breast cancer screening by mammography: Utilization and associated factors
The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women reported ever having had a mammogram. Of those who had ever had a mammogram, 21% reported that the mammogram in the past year was the…
Interval Adherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines
The objectives of this research were to document adherence to mammography screening guidelines among women over 50 years of age and to investigate factors related to adherence. Selected sociodemographic variables--personal breast health history, provider-related variables, and medical care utilization--were studied. Data were collected through a random digit dial telephone survey of 693 women from two geographic areas. While 48% had had a mammogr…
Clinical breast examination, breast self-examination: What is the evidence for utility in screening for breast cancer
Changes in mammography use: Economic, need, and service factors
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to document changes in mammography use between 1987 and 1990 and assess the relationship of use to selected economic, need, and health system factors. METHODS. Independent random-digit-dialed telephone surveys of women between 52 and 75 years of age were conducted. RESULTS. Between 1987 and 1990, the proportion of women who had had a mammogram in the past year increased from 31% to 51%. Though income was …
Health literacy–listening skill and patient questions following cancer prevention and screening discussions
OBJECTIVE: Patient question-asking is essential to shared decision making. We sought to describe patients' questions when faced with cancer prevention and screening decisions, and to explore differences in question-asking as a function of health literacy with respect to spoken information (health literacy-listening). METHODS: Four-hundred and thirty-three (433) adults listened to simulated physician-patient interactions discussing (i) prophylacti…
Cancer (5 works) · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Breast cancer (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Mammography (4 works) · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (3 works) · Breast cancer screening (2 works) · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (2 works) · Demography (2 works)