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Health Care Women Int · Nov 2007
Controlled Clinical TrialBreast cancer prevention with older women: a gender-focused intervention study.
- Donna E Hurdle.
- Department of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA. hurdled@uncw.edu
- Health Care Women Int. 2007 Nov 1; 28 (10): 872-87.
AbstractBreast cancer continues to be the most frequently diagnosed cancer in American women, with older women at highest risk (American Cancer Society [ACS], 2007). In this study, the researcher explored whether an educational intervention using feminist pedagogical methods would affect the use of breast cancer screening methods (mammography and breast self-exam) by older women. At 6-month follow-up, those women receiving the education intervention were found to have significantly increased their use of screening methods in comparison with a control group of women of similar age from the same community. The results of this study indicate support for the use of gender-focused educational methods with an emphasis on empowerment to increase the cancer screening practices of older women.
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