Age-Related Differences in Health Beliefs Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening Among Korean American Women

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-245

  Lee, Eunice E ^a   Eun, Young ^b   Lee, Shin Young ^c   Nandy, Karabi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cancer beliefs; cervical cancer; Korean American older women; Pap tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84863196537     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612441015     Document Type: Article

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