Development and psychometric evaluation of the Thai Human Papillomavirus Beliefs Scale

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Juntasopeepun, Phanida ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^a   Chang, Sungwon ^b   Suwan, Natthawan ^b   Phianmongkhol, Yupin ^a   Srisomboon, Jatupol ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Health beliefs; Human papillomavirus; Thailand; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS VACCINATION; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455208904     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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