Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST TxKjR0xP. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This study investigates whether acculturation was associated with the receipt of clinical breast examinations and mammograms among Colombian, Ecuadorian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican women aged 18 to 74 years in New York City in 1992. Methods. A bilingual, targeted, random-digit-diated telephone survey was conducted among 908 Hispanic women from a population-based quota sample. Outcome measures included ever and recent use of clinical breast examinations and mammograms Multivariate logistic regression models were used to asscss the effect of acculturation on screening use. Results. When demographic, socioeconomic, and health system characteristics and cancer attitudes and beliefs were controlled for, women who were more acculturated had significantly higher odds of ever and recently receiving a clinical breast examination (P
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