Barriers to cervical cancer screening among low-income HIV-positive African American women

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 912-925

  Andrasik, Michele Peake ^a,e   Rose, Rachel ^b   Pereira, Deidre ^c   Antoni, Mike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Eating Disorders   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Health services use; HIV AIDS; Qualitative research; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 49849096494     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0037     Document Type: Article

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