English proficiency and physicians' recommendation of Pap smears among Hispanics

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-296

  De Alba, Israel ^a,b   Sweningson, Jamie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Education; Health disparities; Hispanics; Language proficiency; Latinos; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); Pap smears; Physician recommendation; Preventive interventions; Sources of health case; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH VISITOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33746742935     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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