Health Iniquity, Unhealthy Behavior, and Coverage of Mammography in Brazil

Autor: Sabrina Daros Tiensoli, Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 73, Iss suppl 5 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0446
0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0011
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the prevalence of mammography screening and the association among socio-demographic, behavior factors and non-adherence to mammography screening among women between 50 and 69 years old, using data from Vigitel 2016. Method: Cross-sectional, population-based study with data from Vigitel including 12,740 women in the 50-69 age group. The variables were analyzed using logistic regression. Results: Among the women studied, 21.8% had not had a mammography in the past 2 years. The characteristics associated with non-adherence to the test were having less than 12 years of education (p
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