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The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants.

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Vogel, VG; Bondy, M; Halabi, S; Lord, J; Laville, EA
Published in: South Med J
April 1993

More than 36,000 of the 64,459 women who had $50 mammograms after a media campaign in 1987 completed a demographic and risk factor questionnaire. The screened women were young and well educated with high annual incomes. Only 32% had had mammograms before 1987. Most women reported that high cost and lack of referral for mammography by their physicians were their reasons for not being screened previously. Publicity promoting the project and the lower cost for mammography were the features of the project that attracted participants. Population-based telephone surveys before and after the project showed a change in attitudes about breast cancer screening. The model used for recruitment in this project can improve compliance with recommendations for regular mammographic screening if charges for screening are reduced. Additional efforts are needed to attract minorities and poor or elderly women to regular breast screening.

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South Med J

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0038-4348

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

86

Issue

4

Start / End Page

391 / 396

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Texas
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pilot Projects
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans
 

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Vogel, V. G., Bondy, M., Halabi, S., Lord, J., & Laville, E. A. (1993). The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants. South Med J, 86(4), 391–396. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199304000-00004
Vogel, V. G., M. Bondy, S. Halabi, J. Lord, and E. A. Laville. “The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants.South Med J 86, no. 4 (April 1993): 391–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-199304000-00004.
Vogel VG, Bondy M, Halabi S, Lord J, Laville EA. The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants. South Med J. 1993 Apr;86(4):391–6.
Vogel, V. G., et al. “The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants.South Med J, vol. 86, no. 4, Apr. 1993, pp. 391–96. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00007611-199304000-00004.
Vogel VG, Bondy M, Halabi S, Lord J, Laville EA. The Texas Breast Screening Project: Part II. Demographics, risk profiles, and health practices of participants. South Med J. 1993 Apr;86(4):391–396.

Published In

South Med J

DOI

ISSN

0038-4348

Publication Date

April 1993

Volume

86

Issue

4

Start / End Page

391 / 396

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Texas
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Program Evaluation
  • Pilot Projects
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Mass Screening
  • Mammography
  • Humans