Barriers to follow-up of an abnormal Pap smear in Latina women referred for colposcopy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1198-1204

  Percac Lima, Sanja ^a   Aldrich, Leslie S ^a   Gamba, Gloria B ^a   Bearse, Adriana M ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colposcopy; Health disparities; Latino; Patient navigation.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAIN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLPOSCOPY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650174676     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1450-6     Document Type: Article

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