Health beliefs and breast cancer screening behaviors among female health workers in Turkey11This article was based on the masters' thesis of the first author under the supervision of the second author.

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-156

  Canbulat, Nejla ^a   Uzun, Özge ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Health beliefs; Mammography; Midwifes; Nurses; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TURKEY; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 43049180298     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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