Bringing the real world to psychometric evaluation of cervical cancer literacy assessments with black, Latina, and Arab women in real-world settings

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 738-743

  Williams, Karen Patricia ^a   Templin, Thomas N ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Psychometric evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARABS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888629628     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0549-y     Document Type: Article

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