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What Hispanic Women Need to Know
About Breast Cancer
A
study conducted on behalf of the breast cancer awareness campaign, square6 Love your body.
not-for-profit National Women’s found that 54 percent of Hispanic
Health Resource Center women reported having spoken to their square6 Commit to regular preventive
(NWHRC) shows that Hispanic health care provider about their risk of health screenings.
women are dramatically more likely to developing breast cancer versus 63
misidentify breast cancer as the leading percent of all women responding to the As part of the Learn. Love. Commit.
cause of death among women and to survey. In addition, Hispanic women campaign, the NWHRC has launched a
report not having enough information were less likely to have spoken to their new Breast Health Center on its award-
about breast cancer. While only 22 per- health care provider about breast self winning Web site, www.healthy-
cent of all women misidentify breast exams (70% versus 83%) and mammo-
women.org. Visitors can download a
cancer as the leading killer of women, grams (66% versus 79%). variety of complementary publications
a near majority of Hispanic women “We encourage all women, and par- including tip cards on mammograms
(49%) does so, and younger Hispanic ticularly Hispanic women, to make and breast cancer risks (English &
women are close to two and a half sure to talk with their health care Spanish); a National Women’s Health
times as likely as all women are to providers about this important topic,” Update that explores breast cancer
make this mistake (58%). said Battaglino Cahill. today in terms of screenings, treatment,
At the same time, only 55 percent of This lack of knowledge may be con- and prevention; and a tip card on how
Hispanic women report having had a tributing to greater worry about the dis- to properly conduct a breast self-exam
mammogram in the past year versus 65 ease. Among all women responding to (English & Spanish). The online center
percent of all women. An even greater the survey, 51 percent identified breast also includes feature articles on breast
disparity exists among respondents cancer as the disease they worry about cancer, resources and questions/
reporting having performed a breast most. This compares to 66 percent of answers with the country’s top breast
self exam in the past month with only Hispanic women who worry about cancer experts.
36 percent of Hispanics saying they breast cancer. In addition, while a The Learn. Love. Commit. cam-
had done so versus 58 percent of all majority of survey respondents (83%) paign is supported by an educational
women. report that they are somewhat or very grant from Eli Lilly, & Co. HNM
“Our study found that 32 percent of confident that they could survive a
Hispanic women say they do not have diagnosis of breast cancer, Hispanic
About the survey:
enough information about breast can- women (57%) are significantly less
The 2008 Breast Cancer Awareness Survey is a nation-
al telephone survey of 815 women, aged 30-70 years,
cer compared to only 19 percent of all likely to feel this way.
with an oversample of 114 Hispanic women. The
research was conducted by Washington, D.C. polling
women who feel this way,” said Eliza-
firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research between
beth Battaglino Cahill, RN, executive Learn. Love. Commit.
February 26 and March 9, 2008. The overall margin of
error is +/- 3.5 percentage points, though margins will
director of NWHRC. “One problem To empower women with the latest be higher for subgroups of women.
may be that although Hispanic women breast cancer information and the con-
About the National Women’s Health Resource Center:
are more likely to have had a regular fidence to translate that knowledge into
The not-for-profit National Women’s Health Resource
Center is the leading independent health information
exam than other women they are less action, the National Women’s Health source for women. NWHRC develops and distributes
up-to-date and objective women’s health information
likely to have spoken to their health Resource Center has launched the
based on the latest advances in medical research and
care provider specifically about breast Learn. Love. Commit. breast cancer
practice, all of which is reviewed by leading medical
specialists in the field. NWHRC believes all women
cancer screenings or their risk for awareness campaign: should have access to the most trusted and reliable
developing breast cancer.”
health information. Information empowers women to
make the best decisions to maintain and improve their
The national survey, conducted by
health and the health of their families.
square6 Learn the facts about breast
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, as part of cancer.
Source: National Women’s Health Resource Center
NWHRC’s new Learn. Love. Commit.
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