The effect of educational program on increasing cervical cancer screening behavior among women in hamadan, iran: Applying health belief model

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Shojaeizadeh, Davoud ^a   Hashemi, Seyedeh Zeinab ^b   Moeini, Babak ^c   Poorolajal, Jalal ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Knowledge; Pap test; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 79959724246     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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