TY - JOUR AU - Marmarà, Danika AU - Marmarà, Vincent AU - Hubbard, Gill PY - 2017 DA - 2017/05/08 TI - Health beliefs, illness perceptions and determinants of breast screening uptake in Malta: a cross-sectional survey JO - BMC Public Health SP - 416 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Women’s beliefs and representations of breast cancer (BC) and breast screening (BS) are salient predictors for BS practices. This study utilized the health belief model (HBM) and common-sense model (CSM) of illness self-regulation to explore factors associated with BS uptake in Malta and subsequently, to identify the most important predictors to first screening uptake. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4324-6 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4324-6 ID - Marmarà2017 ER -