Demographic, knowledge, attitudinal, and accessibility factors associated with uptake of cervical cancer screening among women in a rural district of Tanzania: Three public policy implications

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lyimo, Frida S ^a   Beran, Tanya N ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Policy; Public health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855504249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-22     Document Type: Article

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