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Publikováno v:
Journal of Cancer Education. 24:261-266
Background. Low-income women experience multiple barriers to screening mammography. This study explored cancer knowledge as a point of intervention to reduce overall barriers. Methods. A survey of breast cancer knowledge and barriers was obtained fro
Autor:
Jane G. Fort
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Men's Health & Gender. 4:428-439
Background: African-American men lack knowledge of cancer facts and risk factors, and their personal attitudes and beliefs along with health care system interactions are barriers to cancer prevention. This paper highlights cancer prevention informati
Publikováno v:
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 24:17-26
The way care is delivered has dramatic impact on the patient-provider interaction and the outcomes experienced by the patient. This article explores a deceptively simple but very powerful method for evaluating and improving care delivery. Mammography
Autor:
Jane G. Fort, Linda H McClellan
Publikováno v:
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 17
An important national health care effort is elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in six specific conditions: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus infection, and chil
Publikováno v:
The Journal of ambulatory care management. 29(1)
Lay health workers can play a crucial role in connecting the community-in-need to the healthcare system. This article provides insights into how lay health workers, selected from un- derserved communities, view the issues faced in accessing the healt
Autor:
Daniel S, Blumenthal, Jane G, Fort, Nasar U, Ahmed, Kofi A, Semenya, George B, Schreiber, Shelley, Perry, Joyce, Guillory
Publikováno v:
Journal of the National Medical Association. 97(11)
We report the first multisite, multicomponent community intervention trial to focus on cancer prevention in African Americans. The project explored the potential of historically black medical schools to deliver health information to their local commu
Autor:
Nasar U. Ahmed, Jane G. Fort
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in all women. Breast cancer mortality can be reduced by 50% by mammography screening. Unfortunately, mammography usage is still underutilized by all groups especially low income and minority
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Publikováno v:
Ethnicitydisease. 15(3)
Mammography screening can reduce breast cancer burden, however it continues to be underutilized by low-income women even though their health insurance provides free mammograms. While a vast majority of eligible women in Tennessee do not receive the f
Publikováno v:
The Journal of ambulatory care management. 27(4)
Screening mammography can reduce breast cancer mortality. Although a significant percentage of underserved women obtain low income, minority mammograms regularly women underutilize mammography and rates of regular screening are also very low in the g
Publikováno v:
The Journal of General Psychology. 66:159-168