Cervical cancer services for indigenous women: Advocacy, community-based research and policy change in Australia

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 69-88

  Manderson, Lenore ^a   Hoban, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Australia; Cervical cancer; Indigenous health; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUEENSLAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33751241450     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n04_05     Document Type: Article

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