Minimal social network effects evident in cancer screening behavior
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Minimal social network effects evident in cancer screening behavior.
BACKGROUND Social networks may influence screening behaviors. We assessed whether screening for breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer is influenced by the actual screening behaviors of siblings, friends, spouses, and coworkers. METHODS We conducted an observational study using Framingham Heart Study data to assess screening for eligible individuals during the late 1990s. We used logistic reg...
متن کاملSocial network effects in contraceptive behavior among adolescents.
OBJECTIVE To quantify empirically the role of peer social networks in contraceptive behavior among adolescents. METHOD Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of adolescents, the authors use a multivariate structural model with school-level fixed effects to account for the problems of contextual effects, correlated effects, and peer selection to reduce the potential im...
متن کاملA scale for measuring minimal social behavior.
Chronic deteriorated patients have been receiving increased attention since the advent of the tranquilizing drugs. The problem of evaluating the effects of these drugs on this type of patient has become acute. Recently the authors were called upon to evaluate the therapeutic effects of a new drug, promazine, on such patients (4). The existing scales seemed ill-suited for use at this very low le...
متن کاملEffects of false-positive prostate cancer screening results on subsequent prostate cancer screening behavior.
OBJECTIVES Little is known about screening behavior following a false-positive prostate cancer screening result, which we have defined as a screening result with "abnormal/suspicious" labeling that did not result in a prostate cancer diagnosis within 14 months. The purpose of this analysis was to examine whether age, race, education, or previous false-positive prostate cancer screening results ...
متن کاملSocial Behavior and Network Analysis
A network of Science, Technology & Innovation actors and their collaborative actions are described in this study. The development of those actions is essential to improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the Chinese aeronautic process and to maintain its global competitiveness. The paper analyzes the dynamic cooperation network model of the Chinese aeronautic sector based on the case stu...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25849