The Latina Breast Cancer Screening Sacle: beliefs about breast cancer and breast cancer screening

J Health Psychol. 2009 Oct;14(7):944-55. doi: 10.1177/1359105309341203.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Colorado
  • Female
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / psychology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*