A pap test screening clinic in a South Asian community of Vancouver, British Columbia: Challenges to maintaining utilization

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 412-418

  Grewal, Sukhdev ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Balneaves, Lynda G ^b  

^a LANGARA COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical screening; Early detection; Ethnic groups; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH ASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 4944265058     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2004.21504.x     Document Type: Review

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