Healthy colon, healthy life (Ruôt Lành, Sống Kho̧e): Patient and physician factors associated with colorectal cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans in a county medical care system

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-89

  Walsh, Judith ^a   Nguyen, Tung ^a   Nguyen, Lamkieu ^a   Mcphee, Stephen J ^a   Pasick, Rena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Valley Health   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Gender; Predictors; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 63249118448     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0122     Document Type: Article

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