CDC uses self-reported data for its Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to determine mammography use rates. Self-reports are a convenient way to collect information about an individual's medical history. However, the accuracy of recall may be questionable. The accuracy can be determined (or at least estimated) by collecting the same information from another source. Statistical measures can then be calculated and used to adjust results based on self-reports. Data from the Mexican-American Mammography Study (of older women in Galveston, Brazoria, and Matagorda counties) will be used to create the adjustment factor, which will then be applied to the self-reported data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Learning Objectives: After reading this poster, participants will be able to adjust the results of self-reported mammography use rates for older Mexican-American women using the rules of conditional probability
Keywords: Mammography, Women's Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.