Barriers faced by Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan who do not regularly undergo cervical screenings: A qualitative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-96

  Lee, Fang Hsin ^a,b   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^b   Yang, Yung Mei ^b   Tsai, Hsiu Min ^c  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cancer nurse; Cervical cancer; Cervical screening; Immigrant women; Qualitative method; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VAGINA SMEAR; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84889652179     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12168     Document Type: Article

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