TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Psychometric Assessment of the Measure of Globalization Influence on Health Risk (MGIHR) Among Mexican Women with Breast Cancer
AU - Nodora, Jesse N.
AU - Carvajal, Scott C
AU - Robles-Garcia, Rebeca
AU - Agraz, Francisco Páez
AU - Daneri-Navarro, Adrian
AU - Meza-Montenegro, Maria Mercedes
AU - Gutierrez-Millan, Luis Enrique
AU - Martinez, Maria Elena
PY - 2014/5/25
Y1 - 2014/5/25
N2 - Lacking in the literature are data addressing the extent to which changes in reproductive and lifestyle factors predispose women in developing nations to higher breast cancer rates, and the degree to which these are due to globalization influences. This article describes the development and psychometric assessment of an instrument intended to measure global, predominantly U.S., influences on breast cancer risk profile among women residing in Mexico. Using investigator consensus and a focus group methodology, the Measure of Globalization Influence on Health Risk (MGIHR) was developed and completed by 341 women. Psychometric analysis support the use of an 11-item Consumerism and Modernity scale and 7-item Reproductive Control and Gender Role scale. The MGIHR is a valid and reliable instrument for understanding changing lifestyle and reproductive factors for breast cancer risk and may provide a more complete understanding of breast cancer development and needed interventions.
AB - Lacking in the literature are data addressing the extent to which changes in reproductive and lifestyle factors predispose women in developing nations to higher breast cancer rates, and the degree to which these are due to globalization influences. This article describes the development and psychometric assessment of an instrument intended to measure global, predominantly U.S., influences on breast cancer risk profile among women residing in Mexico. Using investigator consensus and a focus group methodology, the Measure of Globalization Influence on Health Risk (MGIHR) was developed and completed by 341 women. Psychometric analysis support the use of an 11-item Consumerism and Modernity scale and 7-item Reproductive Control and Gender Role scale. The MGIHR is a valid and reliable instrument for understanding changing lifestyle and reproductive factors for breast cancer risk and may provide a more complete understanding of breast cancer development and needed interventions.
KW - Breast cancer risk factors
KW - Globalization
KW - Mexican women
KW - Scale validation
KW - Westernization
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-014-0042-7
DO - 10.1007/s10903-014-0042-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 24859806
AN - SCOPUS:84937524261
VL - 17
SP - 1025
EP - 1032
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
SN - 1557-1912
IS - 4
ER -