Cross-cultural validation of the preventive health model for colorectal cancer screening: An Australian study

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 724-736

  Flight, Ingrid H ^a   Wilson, Carlene J ^b,c   McGillivray, Jane ^d   Myers, Ronald E ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; colorectal cancer; construct validity; FOBT; preventive health model; screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957919178     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110364107     Document Type: Article

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