Abstract：
:This survey assessed the reported frequency of breast self-examination (BSE): the knowledge of the technique and attitudes regarding the self-exam of 180 black women. Most respondents indicated having practiced the exam during the previous year, and 50% reported practicing it monthly or more often. Less than half of the sample indicated performing the exam according to American Cancer Society guidelines, although 92% reported being either very confident or somewhat confident of their performance ability. Attitudinal and demographic variables were tested for significant relationships with BSE practice. Compared with nonperformers, BSE performers were older, had higher annual incomes, and were more likely to believe in the benefits of BSE, to perceive social approval for BSE practice, to have been taught to perform BSE, to have had a Pap smear, a clinical breast exam, and a general physical exam within one year, and to visit a physician in a private office or clinic (as opposed to a hospital emergency room). Frequency of self-examination was significantly associated with the performer's competency level, age, belief in the benefits of performing BSE, perceived social approval for practice, having been taught to perform the exam, and level of confidence in ability to perform it.
journal_name
J Natl Med Assocjournal_title
Journal of the National Medical Associationauthors
Jacob TC,Penn NE,Brown Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-07-01 00:00:00pages
769-76issue
7eissn
0027-9684issn
1943-4693journal_volume
81pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Acute transmural myocardial infarction is usually caused by a coronary thrombus along with fixed coronary artery stenosis. Myocardial necrosis can be interrupted by the prompt use of pharmacologic and mechanical thrombolysis. Intravenous streptokinase and urokinase have been associated with approximately a 45 percent ...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there have been studies examining HIV knowledge among college population, current study is the first providing comparable information on HIV knowledge in general and testing specifically via online surveys among black and white college students. METHODS:Blacks (N=222) were recruited from 15 histori...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31377-8
更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:At the St. Francis Medical Center during the 20-year period 1960-1980, there were 1,148 primary breast cancers with a 7.1 percent incidence of synchronous and metachronous invasive primary breast cancer. Twenty-one cases (1.8 percent of the total series) illustrate noninvasive cancer of the breast. The essential appro...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper examines the previously studied topic of the prevalence of uncontrollable behavior in psychiatric emergencies, using the need for restraints as an indicator, and seeks to discover demographic characteristics that were associated with patients needing restraints. The variables considered are sex, referral so...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The surgical approach to liver injury depends on a clear and concise characterization of the wound. Blunt trauma can produce devastating wounds that disrupt hepatic venous drainage. Atrial caval shunting remains a useful technique for Grade V liver wounds. Liver packing may be necessary if diffuse lobar injury, acidos...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The links between environmental agents, environmental conditions, and disease and disability among children are receiving increasing attention. Evidence abounds that children are more susceptible than adults to the damaging effects of environmental agents and conditions. This evidence is illuminated by the much-public...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis were thought to be rare in Africans. It is now seen more frequently than previously thought. The essence of this study is to determine the prevalence of cholelithiasis and cholecystitis in a Nigerian population, changing pattern and outcome. DESIGN:Descriptive...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The right ventricular (RV) wall thickness and dimension were measured by the technique of echocardiography in 62 patients. Thirty-six of these patients died, and the RV wall thickness was measured at necropsy for comparison with the echocardiographic measurements. The necropsy RV wall thickness measured 3.3 ± 0.6 mm i...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A day-long seminar was held at Wake Forest University School of Medicine to address barriers among ethnic minorities in cancer clinical trials and explore ways that individuals who design and conduct clinical trials could increase minority representation. Speakers addressed implications of under-representation of mino...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Major trauma is a preventable entity. Illustrations are used to discuss the differences between major trauma centers. Requirements for a trauma center are enumerated and the impact of residency training programs is discussed relative to trauma care. The development of trauma centers is examined and reference is made t...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Masterson curette was used to sample the endometrial cavity of 25 women prior to scheduled hysterectomy for benign or malignant pathology. Adequate amount of tissue was obtained in 20 (87%) of 23 patients who did not have endometrial atrophy. The Masterson curettage detected all seven cases of endometrial hyperpla...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE AND AIM:Most studies have detected impairment of gallbladder motility among obese compared with nonobese people. However, the relationship between gallbladder motility and weight loss is not well defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between percent of weight loss and gallbladder mot...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the causes and management of blindness and blinding eye conditions as perceived by rural dwellers of two Yoruba communities in Oyo State, Nigeria. METHODS:Four focus group discussions were conducted among residents of Iddo and Isale Oyo, two rural Yoruba com...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a neoplastic disorder derived from the malignant proliferation of monoclonal plasma cells. It is characterized by the overproduction of immunoglobulins (Ig). We report a rare case in which bulbar palsy was the initial manifestation of IgG-MM. A 66-year-old woman initially presented with progre...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type：
doi：10.1016/j.jnma.2020.12.007
更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00
abstract：:From 1967 to 1977, 72 patients with small cell carcinoma of the lung were seen. Thirty-five of these patients had unilaterally localized lesions (limited disease) and were treated with cobalt 60 radiation therapy (6,000 rad in six weeks) followed by chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), vincristine, m...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Relating current morbidity and mortality to environmental and occupational factors requires information on parameters of environmental exposure for practitioners of medicine and other health scientists. A fundamental source of that information is the exposure history recorded in hospitals, clinics, and other points of...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Prehospital delay is an important cause of out-of-hospital coronary mortality. To determine the effects of decision time delay in a patient population comprised mainly of blacks and the underprivileged, 74 consecutive patients with acute chest pain necessitating admission to the coronary care unit in a large urban hos...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is associated with left ventricular diastolic function abnormalities. There have been few studies evaluating left ventricular diastolic function in an African populace. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ninety-eight hypertensives (52 females, 46 males) and 99 normal controls (49 females, 50 males) were rec...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Opioid use disorder (OUD) constitutes a significant public health burden as opioid overdose deaths have continued to rise in the United States. Although treatment modalities are available to manage OUD, some patients experience challenges achieving their OUD management goals. Some of these challenges may be attributab...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jnma.2019.09.006
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：CONTEXT:The reasons for African-American men to seek care for lower urinary care symptoms has not been determined due to sparse population-based data. OBJECTIVE:Our study examines the solicitation and receipt of medical care for urinary symptoms among racially oversampled elderly urban and rural cohort of African Amer...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIMS OF THE STUDY:Type-2 diabetic patients have excessive cardiovascular mortality, primarily related to diabetic nephropathy. The extent of the morbidity due to nephropathy in type-2 diabetes mellitus has not been fully quantified in Nigeria. This study aims to quantify the prevalence of micro- and macrovascular compl...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In a retrospective review of 100 consecutive cases of stab wounds to the chest, 44 patients were successfully treated with tube thoracostomy, 14 patients required thoracotomy, 17 patients with small pneumothoraces were observed, and 25 patients were asymptomatic. The overall mortality was 4%, operative mortality was 7...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The growing incidence of diabetes mellitus in the world is a widespread concern. While there has been improvement in the epidemiology and management of the disease in the developed world, the same cannot be said in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is getting less attention as is the funding that it merits compared to c...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30643-x
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Racial and ethnic disparities in mortality have been demonstrated in several diseases. African Americans are hospitalized at a significantly higher rate than whites for aspiration pneumonia; however, no studies have investigated racial and ethnic disparities in mortality in this population. OBJECTIVE:To ass...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:An account of primary malignant bone tumors in Africans is presented in this series. The study analyzes 170 Nigerians with bone neoplasms diagnosed over the 17-year period 1960-1976. It accounted for 1.28 percent of tumors registered in the Cancer Registry of the University College Hospital, Ibadan. There were 119 mal...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We investigated the relationship between global gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) during the first 4 weeks of peginterferon alfa and ribavirin therapy and long-term eradication of hepatitis-C genotype 1 infections in 23 patients. A sustained virologic response (SVR), defined as an undetecte...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31542-x
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Detection of intra-abdominal abscesses by computed tomography (CT) has an estimated accuracy rate of greater than 90 percent. Features helpful in detecting these abscesses include extraluminal gas, the "rind" sign, airfluid interface, and low and high density areas. The author presents three cases to illustrate the us...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is one of the most common hereditary diseases, and frequently has well defined extrarenal manifestations. Very few cases of aortic aneurysms associated with this disorder are described in literature. We report a 42-year-old male with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney dis...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:African American adults achieve smaller amounts of weight loss than their white counterparts when exposed to the same intervention and are more likely to regain weight during long-term follow-up. OBJECTIVE:To identify perceived motivators, barriers, and facilitators to weight loss and behavior change among ...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jnma.2017.01.006
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Advances in heart failure treatment have not necessarily translated into equity in improved outcomes for African Americans. Heart failure in African Americans is characterized by a higher prevalence, especially at younger ages; more-adverse course with more frequent hospitalizations; and higher mortality rates compare...
journal_title：Journal of the National Medical Association
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30257-1
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
