Health promotion and cervical cancer in South Africa: Why adolescent daughters can teach their mothers about early detection

Health Promotion International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-166

  Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer disparities; cancer education; cervical cancer; daughters; mothers; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84861056188     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar014     Document Type: Article

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