Role of sociocultural factors in hepatitis B screening among Asian Americans

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 466-472

  Ma, Grace X ^a,b   Lee, Sunmin ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Tan, Yin ^a   Gao, Wanzhen ^a   Ma, Xiang ^a   Lai, Philip ^a   Toubbeh, Jamil I ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; hepatitis B (HBV) screening; sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959656308     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31821f8ab0     Document Type: Article

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