Findings from Focus Groups Indicating what Chinese American Immigrant Women Think about Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Screening

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 627-637

  Lee Lin, Frances ^a   Menon, Usha ^a   Nail, Lillian ^a   Lutz, Kristin F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese immigrant women; Focus groups; Health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866405358     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2012.01348.x     Document Type: Article

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