Why many visible minority women in Canada do not participate in cervical cancer screening

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-349

  Amankwah, Ernest ^a   Ngwakongnwi, Emmanuel ^b   Quan, Hude ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap test; Visible minority

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MINORITY GROUP; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68849122611     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802699122     Document Type: Article

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