Health Belief Model Scale for Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Test: Psychometric testing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 428-437

  Guvenc, Gulten ^a   Akyuz, Aygul ^a   Açikel, Cengiz Han ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health Belief Model Scale; Instrument development; Nursing; Pap Smear Test; Psychometric testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 78651454701     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05450.x     Document Type: Article

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