Effects of a cognition-oriented breast self-examination intervention for Korean women and their spouses: Populations at risk across the lifespan: Program evaluations

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-268

  Park, Somi ^a   Song, Hee Young ^a   Hur, Hea Kung ^a   Kim, Giyon ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast self examination; Cognition; Intervention; Spouses; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; WOMEN;

EID: 64949114757     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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