Development of an Instrument to Measure Cancer Screening Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 168-175

  Kindree, Tricia ^a   Ashbury, Fred D ^b,c,d   Goel, Vivek ^b   Levy, Isra ^e   Lipskie, Tammy ^f   Futcher, Robin ^g  

^a Ryerson University and MAGNA International   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CAPPE Consultants   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^g Institut national du cancer du Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Neoplasms, epidemiology; Neoplasms, prevention and control; Qualitative research; Screening; Survey development

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

CANADA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031306647     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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