Download or read book Communication Cues to Action Prompting Central Appalachian Women to Have a Mammogram written by Kathryn Bond McNeill and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, mammography screening is the best method of detection for breast cancer, yet many women have never been screened and underprivileged, minority and rural women have lower screening rates then other populations. This study (N=88), through individual interviews, seeks to understand the cues that women perceive to have received spurring them to participate in mammogram screening. The Health Belief Model guided this research. Media influence, HCP recommendation, social networks, and symptoms were the internal and external cues to action explored in this research prompting compliance to mammography screening. All four of these cues were found to influence women in screening behaviors. Family history emerged as a major overarching category as well as various cross categorical and emergent subcategories. This research provides support for the Health Belief Model and by exploring the data qualitatively, provides evidences for further research in communication cues to action prompting mammogram screening.