The Role of Race and Residence in Determining Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
| Autor: | Stan L. Albrecht, Michael K. Miller, Cheryl H. Amey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Gerontology Time Factors Breast Neoplasms Rural Health Health Services Accessibility Race (biology) Breast cancer Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Humans Medicine Aged Demography Neoplasm Staging Black women business.industry Racial Groups Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care medicine.disease United States Black or African American Women's Health Female Racial differences Residence business Rural women Stage at diagnosis Double jeopardy |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Rural Health. 13:99-108 |
| ISSN: | 1748-0361 0890-765X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1997.tb00939.x |
| Popis: | Breast cancer kills more than 46,000 women each year. Previous research has found that minorities and those who reside in geographically remote settings are particularly vulnerable. However, virtually no research has been done on the potential "double jeopardy" faced by rural minority women. This research examines (1) the extent to which racial and residential differences contribute to differences in stage at diagnosis; (2) the existence of an interaction between race and residence, which may place black rural women at greater risk; and (3) the influence of both individual and structural characteristics on racial and residential differences. The findings indicate that rural black women are diagnosed with breast cancer much later than are black urban women or whites of either residence. A number of individual and structural variables were influential in predicting stage at diagnosis, yet none of these accounted entirely for racial differences. |
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