Health behavioural theories and their
application to women’s participation
in mammography screening : a
narrative review

Lawal, O; Murphy, FJ; Hogg, P; Nightingale, JM

Abstract

The most effective method of detecting breast cancer amongst asymptomatic women is by mammography screening. Although, most countries have this preventive measure in place for women within their society; most of these programmes still struggle with women’s attendance. This article discusses four health behavioural theories and models, in relation to mammography screening, including the health belief model, theory of planned behaviour, trans-theoretical model, and the theory of care seeking behaviour that may explain the factors affecting women's participation in mammography screening.
In summary, analysis of these theories indicates that the theory of care seeking behaviour has value for exploring the factors affecting women's participation in mammography screening. This is because of its sensitivity to socioeconomic differences that exists amongst women in the society, and that it has a broader construct (such as habit and external factors) compared to the other health behavioural theories.

Citation

narrative review. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 48(2), 122-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2016.12.002

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Feb 8, 2017
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 4, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 8, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
• Print ISSN: 1939-8654
• Electronic ISSN: 1876-7982
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 122-127
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2016.12.002
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2016.12.002
• Related Public URLs: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-medical-imaging-and-radiation-sciences/