Knowledge and perceptions of breast health among free clinic patients

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kamimura, Akiko ^a   Christensen, Nancy ^b   Mo, Wenjing ^a   Ashby, Jeanie ^b   Reel, Justine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Maliheh Free Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899970652     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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