Integrating pros and cons for mammography and Pap testing: Extending the construct of decisional balance to two behaviors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 664-673

  Rakowski, William ^a   Clark, Melissa A ^a   Pearlman, Deborah N ^a   Ehrich, Beverly ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^e   Goldstein, Michael G ^b,d   Dube, Catherine E ^a,c   Woolverton III, Hugh ^f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward health health behavior; Knowledge, attitude, practice; Mammography; Mass screening; Papanicoloau smear; Preventive health services; Psychological theory; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030885458     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0188     Document Type: Article

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