Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, behaviour and breast cancer screening practices in Ghana, West Africa

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-

  Opoku, Samuel Yaw ^a   Benwell, Martin ^b   Yarney, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Africa; Attitude; Belief; Breast cancer; Ghana; Knowledge; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DENIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GHANA; GUILT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865278664     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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