Women's views about breast cancer prevention at mammography screening units and well women's clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women attending mammography screening units (msus) and well women's clinics (wwcs) represent a motivated cohort likely to engage in interventions aimed at primary breast cancer (bca) prevention.

Methods

We used a feasibility questionnaire distributed to women (40-49 or 50-74 years of age) attending msus and wwcs in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to examine■ women's views about bca primary prevention and sources of health care information,■ prevalence of lifestyle-related bca risk factors, and■ predictors of prior mammography encounters within provincial screening guidelines.Variables examined included personal profiling, comorbidities, prior mammography uptake, lifestyle behaviours, socioeconomic status, health information sources, and willingness to discuss or implement l

SUBMITTER: Rundle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7339851 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature