Trends in Breast Cancer Survival by Race-Ethnicity in Florida, 1990-2015.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate trends in survival, by race-ethnicity, for women diagnosed with breast cancer in Florida over a 26-year period.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in Florida between 1990 and 2015. Data were obtained from the Florida Cancer Data System.

Characteristics Associated With Nonreceipt of Surveillance Testing and the Relationship With Survival in Stage II and III Colon Cancer.

We investigated characteristics of patients with colon cancer that predicted nonreceipt of posttreatment surveillance testing and the subsequent associations between surveillance status and survival outcomes. This was a retrospective cohort study of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database combined with Medicare claims. Patients diagnosed between 2002 and 2009 with disease stages II and III and who were between 66 and 84 years of age were eligible.

Breast Cancer Perceptions, Knowledge and Behavioral Practices among Women Living in a Rural Community.

We performed this study to assess women's perceptions, knowledge and behavioral practices for breast cancer prevention in a rural setting. A 61-item questionnaire was developed based on Health Belief Model constructs and completed by 185 women age 35 and older. Results showed significant differences in several areas including perceived susceptibility and severity.

Social and Environmental Risk Factors for Hypertension in African Americans.

This study tests the hypothesis that disparities of hypertension risk in African Americans is related to lead exposure, perceptions of racism, and stress, among urban (Roxbury, MA) and rural (Gadsden, FL) communities. Analysis of preliminary data from Phase I reveal 60% in Gadsden and 39% in Roxbury respondents self-reported having hypertension. In Gadsden 80% people did not know if their residence contained lead paint, compared to 45% in Roxbury.

Factors associated with adherence to recommendations for screening mammography among American Indian women in Colorado.

Objective: To compare adherence to screening mammography recommendations of American Indian and non-Hispanic White women in the Denver, Colorado, area.

Design/setting/participants: This study retrospectively examined adherence patterns in 229 American Indian and 60,197 non-Hispanic White women > or = 40 years and older, with at least one screening mammogram in the Colorado Mammography Project (CMAP), from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2003. The CMAP was a prospective study of women receiving mammograms at participating clinics around Denver.

A Theory-Based Model for Predicting Adherence to Guidelines for Screening Mammography among Women Age 40 and Older.

OBJECTIVE: To examine theory-based selected factors associated with adherence to mammography screening guidelines in a surveillance database. METHODS: Data from Colorado Mammography Project (CMAP) from 1994-1998 was extracted and analyzed by using SAS statistical software. Based on the Health Belief Model and Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization a prediction model was developed to examine the mammography utilization patterns and factors influencing the adherence to screening guidelines.

Factors influencing adherence to guidelines for screening mammography among women aged 40 years and older.

Objective: To explore patterns of adherence to guidelines for screening mammography among participants in the Colorado Mammography Project (CMAP) surveillance database.

Methods: An algorithm was developed to assess factors associated with adherence to mammography screening guidelines.

Results: Of the 27,778 women ranging from 40-90 years of age included in the analysis, 41.