Intervention to improve follow-up for abnormal Papanicolaou tests: A randomized clinical trial

Health Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-316

  Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^a   Dawson, Lauren ^b   Grady, James J ^c   Breitkopf, Daniel M ^a   Nelson Becker, Carolyn ^b   Snyder, Russell R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior theory; Cervical dysplasia; Intervention; Minority; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897933571     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032722     Document Type: Article

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