Potential barriers to prevention of cancers and to early cancer detection among Irish people living in Britain: A qualitative study

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-341

  Scanlon, Karen ^a   Harding, Seeromanie ^b   Hunt, Kate ^b   Petticrew, Mark ^b   Rosato, Michael ^b   Williams, Rory ^b  

^a Breast Cancer Care   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer Health Beliefs; Cancer Prevention; Irish in Britain; Poor Knowledge; Socio economic Circumstances

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURAL TRADITION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEAR; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [GLASGOW (ADS)]; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; IRELAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [ENGLAND]; MANCHESTER [MANCHESTER (DST)]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745228460     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850600628307     Document Type: Article

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