Beliefs, recommendations and intentions are important explanatory factors of mammography screening behavior among Muslim Arab women in Israel

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 665-676

  Soskolne, Varda ^a,b   Marie, Saed ^c   Manor, Orly ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOSLEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548736661     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl132     Document Type: Article

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