Reliability and validity of Champion's Health Belief Model Scale for breast cancer screening among Malaysian women

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 897-903

  Parsa, Parisa ^a,b   Kandiah, M ^b   Mohd Nasir, M T ^b   Hejar, A R ^b   Nor Afiah, M Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Nutrition and Dietetics ^*

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer screening; Breast self examination; Champion health belief model; Clinical breast examination; Health belief model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 57149100389     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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