Socioeconomic influences on vietnamese-canadian women's breast and cervical cancer prevention practices: A social determinant's perspective

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 454-476

  Donnelly, Tam Truong ^a   McKellin, William ^b   Hislop, Gregory ^c   Long, Bonita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer prevention; Cervical cancer; Immigrant women; Vietnamese Canadian

Indexed keywords

AID; CANCER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICARE; OCCUPATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIETNAM;

EID: 70449625722     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910802678772     Document Type: Article

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