Examining Asian Women’s Motivations to Undergo Breast Cancer Screening

• Main Author: Lwin, May Oo
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Breast; Self-efficacy; Coping appraisal; Cancer; Health education; Communication; Screening
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80646; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38888
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Purpose: This study utilizes Protection Motivation Theory as a theoretical framework to predict women’s intentions to go for mammogram screening in Singapore, a country with the highest incidence of breast cancer in Asia. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire centered on the theoretical predictive...