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Identification Of Variables Influencing Women's Breast Cancer Detection, Sherri Duckworth Kemp
Identification Of Variables Influencing Women's Breast Cancer Detection, Sherri Duckworth Kemp
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This study investigated the variables influencing women's breast cancer detection behavior. Using social learning theory as an organizing framework. factors influencing women's decisions to seek breast cancer detection and the respondent's personal demographics were examined for their contribution to explaining women's decisions to seek breast cancer detection.
A [convience] sample from a university medical center provided data for the study. Data were gathered with a voluntary questionnaire. A total of 25 employees from the medical center participated in the study during the winter quarter of 1994.
The findings of the study provide insight into some of the variables affecting women's …