Early detection of skin cancer: racial/ethnic differences in behaviors and attitudes.
Data from 384 individuals participating in a worksite skin cancer screening program were used to assess racial/ethnic differences in attitudes toward and practice of prevention and early detection of skin cancer. Caucasians and Hispanics were more likely than African Americans to report having used a sunscreen during the past year. Caucasians performed skin self-examination more frequently than Hispanics, but African Americans did not differ in their frequency of skin self-examination from the other two groups. African Americans and Hispanics reported that they would be less likely than Caucasians to seek immediate follow-up care for suspicious skin lesions. Both similarities and differences were found in a variety of health belief variables across the three groups. These findings suggest a need for intensified efforts at primary and secondary prevention of skin cancer among African Americans.
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Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Houston, TX 77030.
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Weinberg
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Yen
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001294:Attitude to Health; D044383:Black People; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D016353:Self-Examination; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013781:Texas; D044465:White People
D013473:Sunscreening Agents