Table 2.
Baseline Knowledge of Breast Cancer Screening Methods by Race/Ethnicity, Kin Keeper Breast Cancer Prevention Intervention, Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan, August-October 2006a , b
| Pretest Questions | African American, No. (%) (n = 116) | Arab, No. (%) (n = 112) | Latina, No. (%) (n = 113) | Total, No. (%) N = 341 | P Valuec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1: Who does a breast self-examination? | |||||
| Incorrect | 7 (6) | 32 (29) | 38 (34) | 77 (23) | <.001 |
| Correct | 109 (94) | 77 (71) | 74 (66) | 260 (77) | |
| Question 2: Who does a clinical breast examination? | |||||
| Incorrect | 3 (3) | 28 (26) | 24 (21) | 55 (16) | <.001 |
| Correct | 113 (97) | 81 (74) | 88 (79) | 282 (84) | |
| Question 3: Who does a mammogram? | |||||
| Incorrect | 10 (9) | 27 (26) | 34 (31) | 71 (21) | <.001 |
| Correct | 106 (91) | 79 (74) | 77 (69) | 262 (79) | |
| Question 4: Which of these commonly used screening practices are the same? | |||||
| Incorrect | 72 (63) | 94 (86) | 92 (82) | 258 (77) | <.001 |
| Correct | 42 (37) | 15 (14) | 20 (18) | 77 (23) | |
| Question 5: Which of these statements is true? | |||||
| Incorrect | 32 (28) | 46 (44) | 35 (32) | 113 (34) | .04 |
| Correct | 83 (72) | 59 (56) | 76 (68) | 218 (66) | |
a
Percentages may not total 100% because of rounding.
b
Answer choices are given in the Appendix.
c
The 2-sided Fisher exact χ2 statistic was used to calculate P values.