title: Validation of the Spanish Version of the Mammography-Specific Self-Efficacy Scale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To consider psychometric estimates of the validity and reliability of the Spanish translation of a mammography-specific self-efficacy scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three primarily Hispanic churches and a Hispanic community center in a low-income urban area of New Jersey.
  
  
  METHODS
  153 low-income Hispanic women aged 40-85 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The translated scale was administered to participants during a six-month period. Internal consistency, reliability, and construct and predictive validity were assessed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic variables included income and insurance status. Outcome variables included total mammography-specific self-efficacy and having had a mammogram within the past two years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preliminary evidence of reliability and validity were found, and predictive validity was demonstrated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The health needs of specific populations can be addressed only when research instruments have been appropriately validated and all relevant factors are considered. Diverse groups of low-income women face similar challenges and barriers in their efforts to get screened.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses are in an ideal position to help women with preventive care decision making (e.g., screening for breast cancer). Understanding how a woman's level of self-efficacy affects her decision making should be considered when counseling a client.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing-Camden at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jerome-D'Emilia
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suplee
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akincigil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Hispanic women; breast cancer; mammography; self-efficacy; validation