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Roncancio, Angelica M.; Ward, Kristy K.; Sanchez, Ingrid A.; Cano, Miguel A.; Byrd, Theresa L.; Vernon, Sally W.; Fernandez-Esquer, Maria Eugenia; Fernandez, Maria E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
To reduce the high incidence of cervical cancer among Latinas in the United States it is important to understand factors that predict screening behavior. The aim of this study was to test the utility of theory of planned behavior in predicting cervical cancer screening among a group of Latinas. A sample of Latinas (N = 614) completed a baseline…
Descriptors: Cancer, Screening Tests, Incidence, Hispanic Americans
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Talwar, Amani; Cote, Nicole Gilbert; Binder, Katherine – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2014
This study examined whether the spelling abilities of adults with low literacy skills could be predicted by their phonological, orthographic, and morphological awareness. Sixty Adult Basic Education (ABE) students completed several literacy tasks. It was predicted that scores on phonological and orthographic tasks would explain variance in…
Descriptors: Investigations, Predictor Variables, Spelling, Literacy