Cervical screening: Perceptions and barriers to uptake among Somali women in Camden

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 680-685

  Abdullahi, A ^a   Copping, J ^a   Kessel, A ^a   Luck, M ^a   Bonell, C ^b  

^a ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cervical screening; Knowledge; Solutions; Somali women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WORKER; SOMALIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

CAMDEN [LONDON]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449701438     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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