MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING FOR OLDER MINORITY WOMEN

This project facilitated access to mammography screening for older eth nic minority women through health education and coordination of servic e networks for aging and health care services. Health education sessio ns were held in senior centers, followed by a mammography screening in a mammography van or at a health care facility. Of the participants i n the education sessions, 38% received a mammogram. More women who did not obtain a mammogram believed that cancer treatments were worse tha n the disease. Also more African American and White women than Hispani c women did not recognize age as a risk factor for cancer Of the Hispa nic women, 30% believed that early diagnosis did not make a difference in one's outcome, compared with 20% of White women and 8% of African American women.