Predicting health literacy among english-as-a-second-language older chinese immigrant women to canada: Comprehension of colon cancer prevention information

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-332

  Todd, Laura ^a   Hoffman Goetz, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cancer prevention; Comprehension; Health literacy; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COLON TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPREHENSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPREHENSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 79960091225     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0162-2     Document Type: Article

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