Health seeking behavior for cervical cancer in Ethiopia: A qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Birhanu, Zewdie ^a   Abdissa, Alemseged ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^a   Deribew, Amare ^a   Segni, Hailemariam ^a   Tsu, Vivien ^b   Mulholland, Kim ^c   Russell, Fiona M ^d  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Ethiopia; Health seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84871603691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-83     Document Type: Article

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