Culturally informed views on cancer screening: A qualitative research study of the differences between older and younger Somali immigrant women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raymond, Nancy C ^a   Osman, Warfa ^b   O'Brien, Jennifer M ^a   Ali, Nora ^a   Kia, Farnaaz ^a   Mohamed, Fardowsa ^b   Mohamed, Abdifatah ^b   Goldade, Kathryn B ^c   Pratt, Rebekah ^a   Okuyemi, Kolawole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New American Community Services   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to screening; Breast and cervical cancer screening; Immigrant health; Somali

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928800887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1188     Document Type: Article

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