Beth A. Jones|Kam Reams|Lisa Calvocoressi|Amy B. Dailey|Stanislav V. Kasl|Nancy M. Liston
Adequacy of Communicating Results From Screening Mammograms to African American and White Women
Yale University|Yale University|Yale University|Yale University|Yale University|Yale University
examined whether african american women likely white women receive results recent mammogram selfreport results matched mammography radiology report ie adequately communicated also sought determine whether adequacy communication normal abnormal resultsfrom prospective cohort study mammography screening compared selfreported mammogram results collected telephone interview results listed radiology record 411 african american 734 white women underwent screening 5 hospitalbased facilities connecticut october 1996 january 1998 using multivariate logistic regression identified independent predictors inadequate communication mammography resultsit significantly common african american women experience inadequate communication screening mammography results compared white women adjustment sociodemographic accesstocare biomedical psychosocial factors abnormal mammogram results resulted inadequate communication african american women white women p001african american women may receiving full benefit screening mammograms inadequate communication results particularly mammography results abnormal