The role of medical interpretation on breast and cervical cancer screening among Asian American and Pacific Islander women

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Dang, Jeff ^a   Lee, Jessica ^a   Tran, Jacqueline H ^b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^c   Foo, Mary Anne ^b   Nguyen, Tu Uyen N ^d   Valdez Dadia, Annalyn ^c   Thomson, Jasmin ^a   Tanjasiri, Sora Park ^d  

^a THE MEASUREMENT GROUP   (United States)

^b Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Medical interpretation; Pacific Islander women; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 77956637118     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0074-1     Document Type: Article

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