Mammogram Use and Self-Efficacy in an Urban Minority Population

Abstract

Objectives: (1) To compare a sample of low-income African American and Hispanic women in general and mammogram specific self-efficacy and other factors potentially associated with screening to identify any differences related to ethnicity and in the use of mammogram screening; and (2) to examine the association of general self-efficacy and mammography specific self-efficacy and mammogram screening in these two ethnically different groups of women. Design and Sample: Cross-sectional. A convenience sample of 139 women. Measures: General and mammogram specific self-efficacy, having ever had a mammogram, acculturation, and demographics. Results: Mammogram specific self-efficacy was significantly associated with having had a mammogram (p