A comparison of strategies for influencing breast cancer knowledge, beliefs, and screening practices among Black women
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The purpose of the study was to test for differences in breast cancer knowledge, beliefs, and screening practices between Black women from an economically diverse, urban community who participated in the Shaw Breast Cancer Intervention Module (SBCIM) and those who participated in a Traditional Intervention Module (TIM) in order to determine the effectiveness of the SBCIM. The theoretical frameworks for the development of the SBCIM were the Community Organization Theory, Social Support Theory, and Transtheoretical Model. In addition, the study sought to determine if a relationship existed between the frequency of BSE, breast cancer beliefs, and breast cancer knowledge among a population of Black women. Data were collected on 55 randomly selected Black women who were randomly assigned to either the tailored, multistrategy SBCIM group (