Psychosocial Correlates of Mammography Screening in Older African American Women

Deborah Farmer, PhD, is an assistant professor of gerontology in the Department of Social Sciences at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina; at the time this article was written, she was a research associate in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem. Bobbie Reddick, EdD, is an associate professor in the Division of Nursing and interim chair for Undergraduate Nursing at Winston-Salem State University, and Ralph D’Agostino, Jr., PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Division of Public Health Sciences, at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Sharon A. Jackson, PhD, is a contractor for Northrop Grumman in Atlanta, GA, assigned to the Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention in the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA; at the time this article was written, she was an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. This study was supported by the Piedmont Alliance for Cancer Research and Education, funded by the National Cancer Institute, Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch, Minority Institution Comprehensive Cancer Center program. (Submitted November 2005. Accepted for publication June 14, 2006.)