Motivations and experiences of women who accessed "see and treat" cervical cancer prevention services in Zambia

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-98

  White, Heather L ^a   Mulambia, Chishimba ^b   Sinkala, Moses ^c   Mwanahamuntu, Mulindi H ^d,e   Parham, Groesbeck P ^d,e,f   Kapambwe, Sharon ^d,e   Moneyham, Linda ^a   Kempf, Mirjam C ^a   Chamot, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Catholic Medical Mission Board   (Zambia)

^d CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^e UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; cultural awareness; evaluation; psycho oncology; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84860589074     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2012.656161     Document Type: Article

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