Factors Affecting Uptake of Cervical Cancer Early Detection Measures Among Women in Thika, Kenya

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 595-613

  Ngugi, Caroline Wangari ^a   Boga, Hamadi ^a   Muigai, Anne W T ^a   Wanzala, Peter ^b   Mbithi, John N ^a  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862248283     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.646367     Document Type: Article

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