Shervin Assari|Pegah Khoshpouri|Hamid Chalian
Combined Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Cancer Beliefs, Cognitions, and Emotions
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of California, Los Angeles|Johns Hopkins University|Duke University Hospital|Duke Medical Center
determine whether socioeconomic status ses educational attainment income explains racial gap cancer beliefs cognitions emotions national sample american adultsfor crosssectional study data came health information national trends survey hints 2017 included nationally representative sample american adults study enrolled 2277 adults either nonhispanic black n 409 nonhispanic white n 1868 race demographic factors age gender ses ie educational attainment income health access insurance status usual source care family history cancer fatalistic cancer beliefs perceived risk cancer cancer worries measured ran structural equation models sems data analysisrace ses associated perceived risk cancer cancer worries fatalistic cancer beliefs suggesting nonhispanic blacks low educational attainment low income associated higher fatalistic cancer beliefs lower perceived risk cancer less cancer worries educational attainment income partially mediated effects race cancer beliefs emotions cognitions race directly associated fatalistic cancer beliefs perceived risk cancer cancer worries net sesracial gap ses reason behind racial gap cancer beliefs cognitions emotions racial gap cancer related beliefs emotions cognitions result race ses rather race ses elimination racial gap socioeconomic status enough elimination racial disparities cancer beliefs cognitions emotions united states