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Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women.

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Noonan, D; Dardas, L; Bice-Wigington, T; Sloane, R; Benjamin, R; Choi, SH; Simmons, LA
Published in: Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
November 2016

To examine the demographic and health-related factors associated with risk behaviors that have been linked to cancer including smoking, high BMI, and low physical activity.A secondary analysis was conducted using data from Rural Families Speak about Health, a multistate, epidemiologic study of rural American women and their families (N = 444).Validated measures for various demographic and health-related items including tobacco use, BMI, physical activity, and depression were used.Of the total sample with complete data (n = 399), the mean age was 32 years and the majority were White (64%), married (67%), had a high school education or higher (73%), and had an annual household income of less than $40,000 (90%). Regarding cancer risk behaviors, 36% of the sample were smokers, 39% reported low levels of physical activity, and 45% had a calculated BMI over 30. Thirty-five percent of participants reported engaging in two or more risk behaviors. There were significant differences in income, perceived health status, and depression depending on the number of risk behaviors reported.Understanding combinations of risk behaviors can assist nurses and other health professionals in tailoring multiple health behavior change interventions to prevent cancer among rural women.

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Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

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1525-1446

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0737-1209

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

33

Issue

6

Start / End Page

519 / 528

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Smoking
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Rural Population
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Factors
  • Obesity
  • Nursing
  • Neoplasms
  • Income
 

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Noonan, D., Dardas, L., Bice-Wigington, T., Sloane, R., Benjamin, R., Choi, S. H., & Simmons, L. A. (2016). Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 33(6), 519–528. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12282
Noonan, Devon, Latefa Dardas, Tiffany Bice-Wigington, Richard Sloane, Rebecca Benjamin, Seung Hee Choi, and Leigh Ann Simmons. “Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women.Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.) 33, no. 6 (November 2016): 519–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12282.
Noonan D, Dardas L, Bice-Wigington T, Sloane R, Benjamin R, Choi SH, et al. Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass). 2016 Nov;33(6):519–28.
Noonan, Devon, et al. “Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women.Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), vol. 33, no. 6, Nov. 2016, pp. 519–28. Epmc, doi:10.1111/phn.12282.
Noonan D, Dardas L, Bice-Wigington T, Sloane R, Benjamin R, Choi SH, Simmons LA. Understanding Multiple Behavioral Risk Factors for Cancer in Rural Women. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass). 2016 Nov;33(6):519–528.
Journal cover image

Published In

Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

DOI

EISSN

1525-1446

ISSN

0737-1209

Publication Date

November 2016

Volume

33

Issue

6

Start / End Page

519 / 528

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Smoking
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Rural Population
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Factors
  • Obesity
  • Nursing
  • Neoplasms
  • Income