Role of print and audiovisual media in cervical cancer prevention in Bangladesh

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3131-3137

  Nessa, Ashrafun ^a   Hussain, Muhammad Anwar ^a   Rashid, Mohammad Harun Ur ^b   Akhter, Nargis ^a   Roy, Joya Shree ^c   Afroz, Romena ^a  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Audiovisual media; Bangladesh; Cervical cancer proevention; Print material; VIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLICATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880390620     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.3131     Document Type: Article

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