<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10001368" mdate="2015-05-02 00:00:00"> <author>Salwa Hagag Abdelaziz and Naglaa Fathy Youssef and Nadia Abdel Latif Hassan and Rasha Wesam Abdel Rahman</author> <title>Factors Associated with Mammography Screening Behaviors A CrossSectional Descriptive Study of Egyptian Women</title> <pages>401 - 407</pages> <year>2015</year> <volume>9</volume> <number>5</number> <journal>International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10001368</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/101</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Breast cancer is considered as a substantial health concern and practicing mammography screening MS is important in minimizing its related morbidity. So it is essential to have a better understanding of breast cancer screening behaviors of women and factors that influence utilization of them. The aim of this study is to identify the factors that are linked to MS behaviors among the Egyptian women. A crosssectional descriptive design was carried out to provide a snapshot of the factors that are linked to MS behaviors. A convenience sample of 311 women was utilized and all eligible participants admitted to the Women Imaging Unit who are 40 years of age or above, coming for mammography assessment, not pregnant or breast feeding and who accepted to participate in the study were included. A structured questionnaire was developed by the researchers and contains three parts; Sociodemographic data; Motivating factors associated with MS; and association between MS and model of behavior change. The analyzed data indicated that most of the participated women (66.6) belonged to the age group of 40 49.A high proportion of participants (58.1) of group having previous MS influenced by their neighbors to practice MS, whereas 32.7 in group not having previous MS were influenced by family members which indicated significant differences (P &amp;amp;lt;0.05). Doctors and media shown to be the least influence of others to practice MS. Women with intention to have a future mammogram had higher OR (1.404) for practicing MS compared with women with no intention. Further studies are needed to examine the relation between Transtheoretical Model TTM and practicing MS. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 101, 2015</index> </article>