Perceived Barriers to Prostate Cancer Screenings Among Middle-Aged Men in North-Eastern Germany

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 504-512

  Hannöver, Wolfgang ^a   Köpke, David ^a   Hannich, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prevention; Prostate cancer; Screenings; Social cognitive models

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SELF CONCEPT;

AGE FACTORS; COGNITION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMOTIONS; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 78649537644     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00889.x     Document Type: Article

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