Increasing breast examinations among arab women using a tailored culture-based intervention

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 92-99

  Cohen, Miri ^a   Azaiza, Faisal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

barriers; clinical breast examination; culture; mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TELEPHONE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77956326436     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280903521313     Document Type: Article

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