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| Gender, social ties, and cancer screening among elderly persons | | Author(s) | Stephanie L McFall, Marivel Davila |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 8, December 2008 |
| Pages | pp 997-1011 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Older women ; Cancer ; Screening ; Personal relationships ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from the US Longitudinal Study on Aging II (LSOA II) include 419 respondents aged 70-85 who completed wave 2. The dependent variable is receipt of screening within the past 2 years measured at wave 2. Social network variables include marital status, interactions with friends, relatives and children, and church attendance. Women were higher on most social tie measures except marriage, and less likely to have mammography than men were to have prostate cancer screening. Also, the decline of screening with age was greater for women. For women, screening was related to contact with friends, relatives and children, but not marital status or church attendance. For men, screening was higher in the married and church attendees, but contact with friends, relatives and children was not associated with screening. Cancer screening interventions that use interpersonal communication channels should target distinct relationships for older women and men. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090929001 A |
| Classmark | BC: BD: CK: 3V: DS: 49: 7T |
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