Predictors of mammography utilization in Missouri, 1993-1994

J Public Health Manag Pract. 1998 May;4(3):29-42. doi: 10.1097/00124784-199805000-00004.

Abstract

Mammography utilization data were studied for 915 women from a combined sample of 1994 Missouri Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a Special Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project Evaluation Survey, as well as similar data from 6,784 new participants in Missouri's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project during 1993-1994. Among women aged 40 and over, having some college education and having health insurance coverage were associated with a higher likelihood of ever having a mammogram. Education, age, health care, Pap testing, and smoking were identified as important predictors of compliance with recommended schedule of yearly mammography among women aged 50 and over.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Insurance, Health
  • Mammography / statistics & numerical data*
  • Mammography / trends
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Middle Aged
  • Missouri
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
  • Risk Factors
  • Sampling Studies
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Women / education
  • Women / psychology*