Knowledge, attitude and practice of mammography among women users of public health services

Bibliographic Data

ID9260833
AuthorsLuiz Alberto Barcelos Marinho (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Jose Guilherme Cecatti (0000-0003-1285-8445, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)), Maria José Duarte Osis (0000-0003-3625-1525, Centro de Pesquisas em Saúde Reprodutiva de Campinas, Brasil), Maria Salete Costa Gurgel (Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP))
Year2008
Volume42
Issue2
Publication date2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0034-89102008000200003
PMID18327499
OpenAlexW4212773325
SCIELO_PIDS0034-89102008000200003
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice related to mammography among women users of local health services, identifying barriers to its performance. METHODS: A total of 663 women were interviewed at 13 local health centers in a city of Southeastern Brazil, in 2001. Interviewees were randomly selected at each center and they were representative from different socioeconomic conditions. The number of interviewees at each center was proportional to monthly mean appointments. For data analysis, answers were described as knowledge, attitude, practice and their respective adequacies and then they were correlated with control variables through the chi-square test. RESULTS: Only 7.4% of the interviewees had adequate knowledge on mammography, while 97.1% of women had an adequate attitude. The same was seen for the practice of mammography that was adequate in 35.7% of the cases. The main barrier to mammography was lack of referral by physicians working at the health center (81.8%). There was an association between adequacy of attitude and five years or more of education and being married. There was also an association between adequacy of mammography practice and being employed and family income up to four minimum wages. CONCLUSIONS: Women users of local health services had no adequate knowledge and practice related to mammography despite having an adequate attitude about this exam

Breast cancer · Community health center · Environmental health · Family medicine · Mammography · Population · Public health · Referral · Socioeconomic status · Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging · Global Cancer Incidence and Screening · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Women's cancer prevention and management · Gerontology

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