Do cervical cancer screening patient information leaflets meet the HPV information needs of women?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-87

  Hall, Bronwyn ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^a   McCaffery, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Content analysis; HPV; Patient information leaflets; Women's preferences

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; LESBIAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AUSTRALIA; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PAMPHLETS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN;

EID: 44649110294     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.024     Document Type: Article

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