Knowledge and beliefs of jordanians toward colorectal cancer screening

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Omran, Suha ^a   Ismail, Ahmad Abedalkareem ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Health Beliefs Model; Knowledge and beliefs; Preventive medicine; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77649304885     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181b823f3     Document Type: Article

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