Between youth and adulthood: Focus group discussions with 30-year-old women about cervical cancer and its prevention in urban Sweden

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

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

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^d Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervical smear; Focus group; Health; Prevention; Screening; Transition; Women; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79955566503     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f70f83     Document Type: Article

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