A qualitative study of provider perspectives of structural barriers to cervical cancer screening among first nations women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Maar, Marion ^a   Burchell, Ann ^b,c   Little, Julian ^d,e   Ogilvie, Gina ^f,g   Severini, Alberto ^h,i   Yang, Jinghao Mary ^j   Zehbe, Ingeborg ^k,l  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Chaires de recherche du Canada   (Canada)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute   (Canada)

^l Northern School of Medicine   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECALL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL BARRIER; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CANADA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84883240541     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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