How do older Chinese women view health and cancer screening? Results from focus groups and implications for interventions

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-304

  Liang, Wenchi ^a   Yuan, Elaine ^a   Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^a   Pasick, Rena J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cancer Screening; Chinese American Women; Cultural Views; PRECEDE Framework

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CANCER; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TAPE RECORDER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043097523     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785042000250111     Document Type: Article

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