Socio-cultural influences on Chinese women's attendance for cervical screening

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-52

  Holroyd, Eleanor ^a   Twinn, Sheila ^a   Adab, Peymane ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Chinese women; Cultural; Nursing; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 1842863673     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2003.02964.x     Document Type: Article

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