Social processes used by African American women in making decisions about mammography screening

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-254

  Fowler, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Decision making; Mammography screening; Social processes; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASSERTIVENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 33747440057     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.011379     Document Type: Article

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