Assessment of psychological barriers to cervical cancer screening among women in Kumasi, Ghana using a mixed methods approach

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1054-1061

  Williams, Michelle S ^a   Kuffour, G ^b   Ekuadzi, E ^b   Yeboah, M ^c   Elduah, M ^a   Tuffour, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Developing countries; Disease prevention; Knowledge; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL STIGMA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893934314     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i4.28     Document Type: Article

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