title: Breast health teaching in predominantly African American rural Mississippi Delta.
abstract: This study's primary focus was breast health education to rural African American women in Mississippi and training of community members. Through practice in this area, women were found to lack knowledge of breast health which is the third leading cause of death in Mississippi Black women. They were open to education: N = 130, t = -16.6, df = 126, p < .001; 1 year, N = 35; 2-3 year N = 16 and 3 trained. Data suggest knowledge increased, a small percentage continued practices and community members would become trainers. One participant was diagnosed with breast cancer, received treatment and remained cancer-free after two years.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Kaye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson-Anderson
authors.forename: P Renee
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Tracilia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beacham
authors.forename: Naekhia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination; D002648:Child; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012423:Rural Health