An Intervention Study on Screening for Breast Cancer Among Single African-American Women Aged 65 and Older

Abstract

The past year was the second year of our intervention study that aims to improve the breast screening behavior among single (windowed, divorced, separated or never-married) African-American women ages 65 and older. During the period, we successfully (1) finished pre-intervention interviews with a high participation rate of eligible women, (2) finished interventions on the study subjects in the intervention group, (3) mailed intervention materials to significant others of the women in the intervention group, (4) did preparatory work for post-intervention interviews, (5) cleaned, edited, and analyzed pre-intervention data and (6) had some re-intervention results which will be presented at a scientific meeting. We are currently conducting post-intervention interviews. Our research team members and lay health educators ave done an outstanding job to reach the goal described in the statement of work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358416

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  • Kangmin Zhu

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  • Meharry Medical College

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  • Abstracts
  • African Americans
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer Screening
  • Data Analysis
  • Digital Information
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Services
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Neoplasms
  • Physicians

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