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Mammography: Review of the Controversy, Health Disparities, and Impact on Young African American Women

April D. Kidd
Alison M. Colbert
Ismail Jatoi
CJON 2015, 19(3), E52-E58 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.E52-E58
Background: Ongoing debate about mammography screening for women in their 40s has brought awareness to the opportunities and challenges for achieving optimal breast health in young African American women and in battling health inequities that place them at greater risk for mortality from breast...
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Are We Doing Enough to Address the Cancer Care Needs of the LGBT Community?

Carlton Brown
Deborah K. Mayer
CJON 2015, 19(3), 242-243 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.242-243
The 2011 film titled Gen Silent focuses on the needs and issues of six aging lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, at least two of whom had cancer. One of the issues made apparent in the film was the lack of trust in the healthcare system and the discrimination these individuals...
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Validation of the Spanish Version of the Mammography-Specific Self-Efficacy Scale

Bonnie Jerome-D’Emilia
Patricia Dunphy Suplee
Ayse Akincigil
ONF 2015, 42(3), E279-E286 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.E279-E286
Purpose/Objectives: To consider psychometric estimates of the validity and reliability of the Spanish translation of a mammography-specific self-efficacy scale. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Three primarily Hispanic churches and a Hispanic community center in a low-income urban area of...
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Cultural Competency in Nursing Research

Diane G. Cope
ONF 2015, 42(3), 305-307 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.305-307
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the demographics of the United States will change dramatically in the next 50 years. Non-Caucasians will more than double from 116.2 million in 2012 to 241.3 million by 2060, representing 57% of the U.S. population. The Asian population also is...
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Social Support, Self-Rated Health, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Disclosure to Cancer Care Providers

Charles S. Kamen
Marilyn Smith-Stoner
Charles E. Heckler
Marie Flannery
Liz Margolies
ONF 2015, 42(1), 44-51 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.44-51
Purpose/Objectives: To describe factors related to diagnosis, identity disclosure, and social support among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients with cancer, and to explore associations between these factors and self-rated health. Design: Cross-sectional self-report survey design...
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