Abstract Rationale Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. Disparities in breast cancer mortality rates adversely affect racial/ethnic minority women. Mammography screening is the most effective early detection method and means of reducing mortality rates. Yet, barriers prevent racial/ethnic minority women from participating in regular screening. Objective This review aimed to summarize self-reported barriers to mammography screening in racial/ethnic minority women...
Last.Dorothy S. Lane(SBU: Stony Brook University)H-Index: 47
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Background. The gateway behavior hypothesis posits that change in a health behavior targeted for modification may promote positive changes in other untargeted health behaviors; however, previous studies have shown inconsistent results. Aims. To examine the patterns and predictors of change in untargeted health behaviors in a large health behavior change trial. Method. Using repeated-measures latent class analysis, this study explored patterns of change in untargeted physical activity, alcohol co...
According to the extended contact hypothesis, knowing that in-group members have cross-group friends improves attitudes toward this out-group. This meta-analysis covers the 20 years of research tha...
ABSTRACTThis study of 312 female undergraduates investigated the association of recently, formerly, or never indoor tanning with self-perceptions and social influence, and examined reasons to tan and not to tan. Previous research on indoor tanning has focused on recent or current tanners, and few studies have examined former indoor tanners. By examining self-perceptions and social influence, this study aimed to understand how these common tanning correlates, measured in former indoor tanners, co...
ABSTRACTMobile devices have become widely popular in recent years. This popularity has been accompanied by the adoption of technologies created for those devices such as mobile applications (apps), many of which have been designed to facilitate achieving health goals.This study examined health-related intentions and behaviors, and their associations with mobile health app ownership in a large, nationally representative sample. Data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) from ...
Abstract Rationale Couples worldwide are seeking treatment for infertility in growing numbers. Both infertility and its treatment are stressful experiences that generate considerable emotional distress. There is speculation that women's distress is associated with poorer likelihood of pregnancy via assisted reproductive technology (ART) and plausible psychobiological mechanisms bolster this association, although prior reviews of existing evidence find little support. A rigorous, comprehensive, a...
ABSTRACTChinese American women have lower rates of mammography screening compared with non-Hispanic White women. Although the extent of perceived barriers, as conceptualized by the Health Belief Model, have been shown to distinguish between currently non-adherent Chinese American women who have ever and never had a mammogram, it is less clear which types of perceived barriers differentiate them. One hundred twenty-eight Chinese American women in the New York metropolitan area who had not had a m...