Cultural Beliefs and Clinical Breast Examination in Hmong American Women: The Crucial Role of Modesty

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 746-755

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Vang, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Columbia University School of Social Work ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Cancer health disparity; Clinical breast exam; Culture; Hmong American women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930090006     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9890-9     Document Type: Article

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