How can young women be encouraged to attend cervical cancer screening? Suggestions from face-to-face and internet focus group discussions with 30-year-old women in Stockholm, Sweden

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Blomberg, Karin ^a,b   Tishelman, Carol ^a,c   Ternestedt, Britt Marie ^c,d   Törnberg, Sven ^e   Levl, Amy ^a   Widmark, Catarina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SWEDEN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78650555333     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.528790     Document Type: Article

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