Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?
Author
Lee, Mi Hwa; Schwartz, Abby J; Luo, Yan; Lee, Hee Yun
Abstract
Background: Breast cancer is commonly diagnosed in Korean American women (KAW), and its incidence rates continue to increase. Despite the increasing burden of breast cancer diagnosis, screening rates among KAW remain low. There is a growing body of literature on breast cancer screening behaviors in this population; however, current knowledge regarding cultural influences and KAW’s mammogram use is limited, particularly in the southern part of the United States. Using the Health Belief Model, this study examined the association of culturally embedded health beliefs and mammogram use among KAW. Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained from 538 KAW recruited in North Carolina. A hierarchical binary logistic regression was conducted to examine cultural health beliefs associated with mammogram use. Findings: Preventive health orientation (OR=1.16, CI=1.02-1.32) and perceived susceptibility (OR=1.32, CI=1.10-1.58) were positively associated with having a mammogram in the past two years, while fear (OR=0.58, CI=0.36-0.94) was negatively related to getting screened in the past two years. Conclusions: The current study findings inform future intervention strategies to promote mammogram screening among KAW in sociocultural context.
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All manuscripts published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, are under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Date
2022-11-17
Citation:
APA:
Lee, Mi Hwa, & Schwartz, Abby J, & Luo, Yan, & Lee, Hee Yun. (November 2022).
Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13112
MLA:
Lee, Mi Hwa, and Schwartz, Abby J, and Luo, Yan, and Lee, Hee Yun.
"Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?". .
. (),
November 2022.
June 29, 2024.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13112.
Chicago:
Lee, Mi Hwa and Schwartz, Abby J and Luo, Yan and Lee, Hee Yun,
"Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?," , no.
(November 2022),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13112 (accessed
June 29, 2024).
AMA:
Lee, Mi Hwa, Schwartz, Abby J, Luo, Yan, Lee, Hee Yun.
Mammogram Uptake among Korean American Women in the South: Do Health Beliefs Matter?. .
November 2022;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13112. Accessed
June 29, 2024.
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