| monitoring and investigating natural disease by veterinary pathologists in diagnostic laboratories. | many emerging diseases in animals are initially recognized by diagnostic pathologists in animal health laboratories using routine laboratory submissions, in conjunction with clinical veterinarians and wildlife biologists. familiar recent examples are chronic wasting disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, west nile encephalomyelitis in north america, and postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs. the recognition of new diseases in animals requires that the curiosity of diagnosticians ... | 2010 | 20080483 |
| predictors of breast cancer screening among immigrant iranian women in california. | this study examined the predictors of age-specific breast cancer screening participation among immigrant iranian women aged 30 years and older. | 2006 | 16796477 |
| japanese american women: behaviors and attitudes toward breast cancer education and screening. | moores university of california, san diego, cancer center's asian grocery store-based cancer education program trained bilingual, bicultural student health educators to provide breast cancer information to japanese american women. a subset consented to help evaluate the program by completing baseline and follow-up surveys. study participants reported high adherence to mammography screening guidelines, but lower than optimal adherence to clinical breast examination (cbe) and monthly breast self-e ... | 2003 | 12746028 |
| tongan-american women's breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors. | breast cancer is the most common cancer for many pacific islander american populations, but virtually nothing is known about the cancer risks and screening behaviors of many specific ethnic subgroups. this paper examines the breast cancer risk, knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors of tongan-american women. | 2002 | 12019939 |
| breast cancer screening among chamorro women in southern california. | breast cancer is the most common cancer in pacific islander women, yet relatively little is known about their cancer risks and screening behaviors. chamorros are indigenous people from guam, and california is home to the largest numbers of chamorros on the mainland united states. this study examined the breast cancer risk, knowledge, and screening behaviors in a nonprobability sample of chamorro women age 40 years and older in los angeles and orange counties (n = 227). the proportional incidence ... | 2001 | 11445047 |
| breast cancer screening among hmong women in california. | breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality among asian american and pacific islander (aapi) women in the united states. hmong women are among those at the highest risk for health problems, due to high rates of poverty, language isolation, and cultural barriers. | 2001 | 11270901 |
| breast cancer screening in relation to access to health services. | this study examined mammography screening and breast self-examination (bse) in relation to perceived access to health services to identify persistent barriers to earlier detection. | 1999 | 10337647 |
| breast self-examination: knowledge and practices of hispanic women in two southwestern metropolitan areas. | the breast self-examination (bse) practices of 1,453 hispanic women in phoenix, arizona and san diego, california were the focus of this study. variables proposed as factors that influence the frequency and proficiency of bse were demographic variables, particularly language and level of acculturation, having been taught bse by a health professional, and experience with the disease. results indicate that even though the majority of the women at both the phoenix (78.1%) and san diego (83.7%) site ... | 1994 | 7844248 |
| breast self-examination in the primary care setting. | very little is known about breast self-examination (bse), a health practice that has been found to be associated with better clinical and pathological breast cancer outcomes. using data obtained from a sample of 260 women frequenting three primary care centers, this study investigates rates of bse and how such rates are affected by social and medical factors. results indicate that bse practices are influenced to some extent by a woman's race and level of education, while they are significantly a ... | 1980 | 7391760 |
| breast cancer detection behavior among urban women. | data from the ongoing los angeles health study were analyzed to determine women's behavior and behavioral intentions regarding three modes of breast cancer detection behavior: breast self-examination (bse), physician examination of the breasts, and mammography. two questions were addressed: are women who engage in one type of breast surveillance behavior likely to engage in all three? what are the social characteristics of women who engage in these breast cancer detection behaviors?the data indi ... | 1980 | 7384413 |