Sociocultural barriers to cervical screening in South Auckland, New Zealand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-150

  Lovell, Sarah ^a   Kearns, Robin A ^b   Friesen, Wardlow ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bodies; Cervical screening; Culture; Ethnicity; Health beliefs; New Zealand; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 34249870492     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.042     Document Type: Article

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