Age Group Differences in the Use of Breast Cancer Screening Tests
The Effects of Health Care Utilization and Socioeconomic Variables
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12797446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Ann Burg (State University of New York at Stony Brook, corresponding author), Dorothy S Lane (0000-0003-3272-0451, State University of New York at Stony Brook), Anthony P Polednak (0000-0003-2651-3122, State University of New York at Stony Brook) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 514-530 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089826439000200406 |
| PMID | 10107281 |
| OpenAlex | W2029023807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 8 |
The age-related decline in the use of breast cancer screening tests, specifically periodic mammography and physical breast examinations by a doctor, is especially problematic given that breast cancer risk increases with age. Survey data (N = 3,507) from the Awareness of Breast Cancer Project are used to compare the effects of socioeconomic variables and usual health care use variables on recent use of breast cancer screening tests in women 50 to 75 years of age on Long Island, New York. Having annual checkups and seeing an obstetrician/gynecologist for routine health care are the best predictors of recent mammography and breast physical exams for all women. Income level and education are not independent predictors of recent screening for women over 65. The implications of the effect of primary care practioners on periodic breast cancer screening in older women are discussed
Breast cancer · Breast cancer screening · Breast examination · Cancer · Cancer screening · Environmental health · Family medicine · Gynecology · Health care · Mammography · Mammography screening · Population · Socioeconomic status · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research · Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection · Demography · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
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Influences on Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors in Tamil Immigrant Women 50 Years Old and Over
Why aren't older women getting mammograms and clinical breast exams
Breast cancer and the older woman
Changes in the use of screening mammography
Changes in mammography use
Mammography screening
Contradictions in women's health care provision
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2001 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |