Breast cancer screening utilization among Eastern European immigrant women worldwide: A systematic literature review and a focus on psychosocial barriers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2664-2675

  Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Pokhrel, Pallav ^b  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; cancer; immigrants; oncology; screening

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMBASE; FEAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; KNOWLEDGE; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER; IMMIGRANTS; ONCOLOGY; SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84890123104     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3344     Document Type: Review

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