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How women with breast cancer learn using interactive cancer communication systems
- Health Education Research Journal
, 2006
"... To provide insights about how women with breast cancer learn from interactive cancer communication systems (ICCSs), this study examined how use of different types of services that employ conceptually distinct pedagogical methods relates to learning outcomes. The study sample included 231 recently di ..."
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To provide insights about how women with breast cancer learn from interactive cancer communication systems (ICCSs), this study examined how use of different types of services that employ conceptually distinct pedagogical methods relates to learning outcomes. The study sample included 231 recently
IN AN ONLINE BREAST CANCER COMMUNITY BY
"... In this ethnographic study, I examined the interactions of an online breast cancer community to understand participants ‘ information behavior, the role of social support in participants ‘ lives, how being part of this community influences health decisions and practices, and how the community is int ..."
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In this ethnographic study, I examined the interactions of an online breast cancer community to understand participants ‘ information behavior, the role of social support in participants ‘ lives, how being part of this community influences health decisions and practices, and how the community
ORIGINAL PAPER Breast Alert: An On-line Tool for Predicting the Lifetime Risk of Women Breast Cancer
, 2010
"... Abstract Breast Cancer is an important disease that affects many women, excluding self-examination and screening by mammogram, nothing helps women or their physicians to know what risk they run of suffering from breast cancer during the course of their lives. There have been many studies detailing t ..."
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. With Breast Alert, physicians can make a quick screening for women when they consult. It is easy to use and intuitive. In a few minutes, physicians can have a lifetime breast cancer risk. This tool does not replace tests like self-examination, breast screening or detection by other options, but allows
COMMENTARY Evaluation of Efficacy of Self Breast Examination for Breast Cancer Prevention: a Cost Effective Screening Tool
"... Breast cancer is the most prevalent neoplasm among females and every year the number of associated deaths increases so that there is a dire need for implementation of cancer screening and early detection. A survey conducted by various locally organised cancer registries indicated breast cancer to be ..."
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using Self Breast Examination as a screening tool. In this paper, we attempt to evaluate the primary efficacy of self breast examination as an early and cost effective cancer screening measure, and to discuss the relation of community health nurses as well as the lady health workers to education
Psychological Impact of Health Risk Appraisal of Korean Women at Different Levels of Breast Cancer Risk: Neglected Aspect of the Web-based Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
"... Objective: Health risk appraisal is often utilized to modify individual’s health behavior, especially concerning disease prevention, and web-based health risk appraisal services are being provided to the general public in Korea. However, little is known about the psychological effect of the health r ..."
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comparing risk factor list type health risk appraisal and risk score type health risk appraisal. We studied 60 women aged 30 years and older who had no cancer. Anxiety level was assessed using the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory YZ. Results: The results of multivariate analysis showed that risk
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Predictors of Online Health Information Seeking Among Women with Breast Cancer: The Role of Social Support Perception and Emotional Well-Being
"... This study attempts to examine the role of social support perception and emotional well-being on online information seeking among cancer patients within the context of CHESS, a well-established Interactive Cancer Communication System (ICCS). Factor and regression analyses conducted among 231 breast ..."
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This study attempts to examine the role of social support perception and emotional well-being on online information seeking among cancer patients within the context of CHESS, a well-established Interactive Cancer Communication System (ICCS). Factor and regression analyses conducted among 231 breast
Understanding narrative effects: The impact of breast cancer survivor stories on message processing, attitudes, and beliefs among African American women
- Health Psychology
, 2011
"... Abstract OBJECTIVE-Examine the longitudinal effects of personal narratives about mammography and breast cancer compared with a traditional informational approach. METHOD-African American women (n=489) ages 40 and older were recruited from lowincome neighborhoods in St. Louis, MO and randomized to w ..."
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Abstract OBJECTIVE-Examine the longitudinal effects of personal narratives about mammography and breast cancer compared with a traditional informational approach. METHOD-African American women (n=489) ages 40 and older were recruited from lowincome neighborhoods in St. Louis, MO and randomized
Health literacy and cancer risk perception: implications for genomic risk communication
- Medical Decision Making
, 2009
"... ber of medical tests available to physicians and patients, identifying gaps in our understanding of how best to com-municate risk is increasingly important. We examined how health literacy informs breast cancer survivors ’ understand-ing of and meaning assigned to recurrence risks yielded by genomic ..."
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ber of medical tests available to physicians and patients, identifying gaps in our understanding of how best to com-municate risk is increasingly important. We examined how health literacy informs breast cancer survivors ’ understand-ing of and meaning assigned to recurrence risks yielded
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES Strategies for Piloting a Breast Health Promotion
"... In Australia, women from non–English-speaking backgrounds participate less frequently in breast cancer screening than English-speaking women, and Chinese immigrant women are 50 % less likely to participate in breast examinations than Australian-born women. Chinese-born Australians comprise 10 % of t ..."
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In Australia, women from non–English-speaking backgrounds participate less frequently in breast cancer screening than English-speaking women, and Chinese immigrant women are 50 % less likely to participate in breast examinations than Australian-born women. Chinese-born Australians comprise 10
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"... This report focuses on the evidence about the health.consequences of smoking for women, and is intended to serve.the public health and medical communities as 'a unified source of existing scientific research. The major issues about tobacco use and women's health are examined, including tre ..."
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This report focuses on the evidence about the health.consequences of smoking for women, and is intended to serve.the public health and medical communities as 'a unified source of existing scientific research. The major issues about tobacco use and women's health are examined, including
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