Religion, Fatalism, and Attribution Theory: Persuading African American Women to Obtain Mammograms

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Despite scientific developments that continually improve our ability to detect and treat breast cancer, it remains the most common form of cancer among women. Although breast cancer is of concern to every woman, African American women are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive cancer tumors, have a higher death rate from breast cancer, and are more likely to delay treatment for breast cancer (American Cancer Society, 2011). One reason that breast cancer is especially deadly for minority women is their underuse of cancer screening tests such as mammograms and Pap smears—too many of these women either do not get screened or they delay screening for too long.