Barriers to breast cancer screening participation among Jordanian and Palestinian American women

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-94

  Kawar, Lina Najib ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Beliefs; Breast cancer screening; Cultural beliefs; Immigrant; Jordanian; Knowledge; Participation; Socioeconomic; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84871516404     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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