Use of preventive health services by Hispanic/Latino women in two urban communities: Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida, 2000 and 2001

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 654-661

  Asamoa, Kwame ^a   Rodriguez, M ^b,e   Ginés, Venus ^c   Varela, Rosa ^b,e   Dominguez, Ken ^a,c   Mills, C Gerry ^b,e   Sotomayor, Gerry ^d   Beck Sagué, Consuelo M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dia de la Mujer Latina Inc   (United States)

^d Northlake Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^e MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 4644329359     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2004.13.654     Document Type: Article

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