Chinese women's motivation to receive future screening: The role of social-demographic factors, knowledge and risk perception of cervical cancer

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-161

  Gu, Can ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^b   He, Guo Ping ^a   Choi, K C ^b   Yang, Sheng Bo ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical screening; Chinese women; Knowledge; Protection motivation; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84875374161     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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