@article { author = {Ramli, Hanis Aisyah and Moey, Soo-Foon and Abdul Mutalib, Aaina Mardhiah}, title = {The Relationship of Health Beliefs on the Stage of Mammography Behavior Adoption amongst Women in Kuantan, Pahang}, journal = {Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention}, volume = {20}, number = {6}, pages = {1913-1920}, year = {2019}, publisher = {West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter.}, issn = {1513-7368}, eissn = {2476-762X}, doi = {10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.6.1913}, abstract = {Background: Breast cancer (BC) awareness is relatively poor among Malaysian women indicated by the presenceof BC at a late stage and the low rate of mammography screening. Only a few theoretically based studies have beenconducted on Malaysian women’s participation in mammography. Therefore, the objective of this study is to use healthbelief model (HBM) and stage of change model (SCM) to determine the relationship between health beliefs on thebehavioral adoption of mammography amongst women in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods: Five hundred and twenty womenwere randomly selected to complete the survey. Data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression (MLR) toascertain the multivariate relationships between health beliefs and stage of mammography behavioral adoption. Results:The MLR test indicates that there is no significant difference in perceived severity, benefits, motivator factors and cuesto action between participants in the action stage and the maintenance stage. However, significant differences existedin perceived severity, susceptibility, motivator factors and self-efficacy between the pre-contemplation, relapse andcontemplation stage to that of the referenced (maintenance) stage of mammography adoption. Conclusion: Women inthe action stage are more likely to progress towards maintenance stage as they perceived breast cancer as a disease thatleads to death and that mammogram screening is beneficial in detecting the disease at an early stage. However, womenin the pre-contemplation, relapse and contemplation stage are found unlikely to move towards the maintenance stageas they perceived their risk of getting breast cancer is low.}, keywords = {breast cancer,mammography,Health behavior}, url = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_88600.html}, eprint = {https://journal.waocp.org/article_88600_1ce1e695cc3af746c0a6d1165f881d08.pdf} }