Preventive healthcare for underserved women: Results of a prison survey

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-22

  Nijhawan, Ank E ^a   Salloway, Rachel ^a   Nunn, Amy S ^a   Poshkus, Michael ^b   Clarke, Jennifer G ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RI Department of Corrections   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS; RHODE ISLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749110592     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1469     Document Type: Article

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