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The Latina Breast Cancer Screening Sacle

Beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer screening

Evelinn A. Borrayo

University of Colorado Denver, Evelinn.Borrayo{at}UCDenver.edu; Evelinn.Borrayo{at}Colostate.edu

Patricia González

Center of Community Alliance for Research & Education, City of Hope

Randall Swaim

Colorado State University

AL Marcus

University of Colorado Comprehensive Cancer Center

Estevan Flores

Population Science and Cancer Control

Paula Espinoza

University of Colorado Denver

The Latina Breast Cancer Screening (LBCS) was developed to measure Latinas’ culturally-shared health beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer screening. A 60-item LBCS scale was tested with 288 participants and reduced to 35 items using principal components analyses. The 35-item LBCS scale and other measures were administered to a second sample of 147 participants to establish the scale’s validity and reliability. A six-factor solution suggested six LBCS sub-scales. The LBCS in its entirety displayed strong internal consistency ({alpha} =.93) with adequate estimates of convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity. The LBCS scale appears to be a valid and reliable measure.

Key Words: Hispanic • cultural health beliefs • breast cancer • instrument validation

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 7, 944-955 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309341203
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