Promoting self-care and secondary prevention in women's health: A study to test the accuracy of a home self-test system for bacterial vaginosis

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-10

  Youngkin, Ellis Quinn ^a,b   Lester, Pamela Brinker ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; STANDARD; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 74049162343     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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