Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening for Low-income Mexican and Dominican Women in New York City

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-91

  Garbers, Samantha ^a   Jessop, Dorothy Jones ^a   Foti, Heather ^a   Uribelarrea, Maria ^a   Chiasson, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Med/Hlth Res Assoc NY City Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Barriers; Breast cancer; Ethnic disparities; Hispanic Latina; Mammography; Screening; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037974792     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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