Prioritizing prevention: Culture, context, and cervical cancer screening among Vietnamese American women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1084-1089

  Gregg, Jessica ^a   Nguyen Truong, Connie K Y ^a   Wang, Pei Ru ^b   Kobus, Amy ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Pap smear CBPR; Vietnamese American

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755140072     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9493-2     Document Type: Article

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