Interactive model of client health behavior and cervical cancer screening of African-American women

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Ackerson, Kelly ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health behavior; Pap smear; Personal influences; Trauma history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955454622     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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