Barriers to breast cancer screening among Haitian immigrant women in Little Haiti, Miami

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 520-526

  Kobetz, Erin ^a,b   Menard, Janelle ^b   Barton, Betsy ^b   Maldonado, Jennifer Cudris ^b   Diem, Joshua ^c   Auguste, Pascale Denize ^d   Pierre, Larry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Haitian American Association Against Cancer   (United States)

^e Center for Haitian Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Community based participatory research; Disparities in mammography utilization; Haitian women; In depth interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77955983004     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9316-x     Document Type: Article

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