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Volume
8: No. 1, January 2011
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Differences in Knowledge of Breast Cancer Screening Among African American, Arab American, and Latina Women
| Race/ethnicity |
Percentage of Women Who Obtained
the Pretest Score |
| 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| African American |
0 |
1 |
4 |
28 |
36 |
31 |
| Latina |
0 |
12 |
20 |
27 |
36 |
5 |
| Arab |
1 |
14 |
18 |
36 |
23 |
9 |
Figure 1. Distribution of pretest scores by race/ethnicity in the
Kin Keeper Cancer Prevention Intervention, Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan,
August through October 2006. The pretest evaluated baseline knowledge of breast cancer screening methods. The
highest possible score on the pretest was 5.
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| Race/ethnicity |
Percentage of Women Who Obtained
the Posttest Score |
| 0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| African American |
0 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
23 |
53 |
| Latina |
3 |
3 |
10 |
18 |
62 |
5 |
| Arab |
0 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
67 |
12 |
Figure 2. Distribution of posttest scores attained by
race/ethnicity in the Kin Keeper Breast Cancer Prevention Intervention, Dearborn
and Detroit, Michigan, August through October, 2006. The posttest evaluated
knowledge of breast cancer screening methods after the intervention. The highest
possible score on the posttest was 5.
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Equation.
Logarithm to base 10 of the product of the ratio of the probability that
parameter w sub kfij equals 1, to the difference between 1 and the
probability that parameter w sub kfij equals 1. This quantity equals the sum
of beta sub jk plus gamma cap C sub kfij.
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