The relationship of health beliefs on the stage of mammography behavior adoption amongst women in Kuantan, Pahang

• Main Authors: Ramli, Hanis Aisyah, Moey, Soo Foon, Abdul Mutalib, Aainah Mardhiah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP) 2019
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); H10 Societies; HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/72994/1/APJCP_Volume%2020_Issue%206_Pages%201913-1920.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72994/7/72994_The%20relationship%20of%20health%20beliefs%20on%20the%20stage%20of%20mammography%20behavior%20adoption%20amongst%20women%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20Pahang_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/72994/; http://journal.waocp.org/article_88600_1ce1e695cc3af746c0a6d1165f881d08.pdf

Background: Breast cancer (BC) awareness is relatively poor among Malaysian women indicated by the presence of BC at a late stage and the low rate of mammography screening. Only a few theoretically based studies have been conducted on Malaysian women’s participation in mammography. Therefore, the o...