Effects of a tailored web-based educational intervention on women's perceptions of and intentions to obtain mammography

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1261-1269

  Lin, Zu Chun ^a   Effken, Judith A ^b  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health; Mammography; Tailored intervention; TTM; Web based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAIWAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN; WOMEN;

EID: 77955884670     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03180.x     Document Type: Article

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