Health beliefs, attitudes and service utilization among Haitians

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-119

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b,c   Mars, Dana R ^a   Tom, Laura ^a   Apollon, Guy ^d   Hilaire, Dany ^e   Iralien, Gerald ^a   Cloutier, Lindsay B ^a   Sheets, Margaret M ^a   Zamor, Riché ^f  

^a Center for Community Based Research   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DFCI   (United States)

^d Haitian Multi Service Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Haitian; Health; Health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873455040     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2013.0015     Document Type: Article

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