Predictors of breast examination practices of Chinese immigrants

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Chen, Wei Ti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast self examination (BSE); Chinese immigrants; Clinical breast examination (CBE); Mammogram; New York City

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PEER GROUP; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60849106691     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000343366.21495.c1     Document Type: Article

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