The Association of Social Support and Education With Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-64

  Documet, Patricia ^a   Bear, Todd M ^a   Flatt, Jason D ^a   Macia, Laura ^a   Trauth, Jeanette ^a   Ricci, Edmund M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer prevention and screening; health behavior; health disparities; women s health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PENNSYLVANIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920973047     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114557124     Document Type: Article

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