Breast Health Intervention Effects on Knowledge and Beliefs Over Time Among Chinese American Immigrants—a Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 482-489

  Lee Lin, Frances ^a   Pedhiwala, Nisreen ^a   Nguyen, Thuan ^a   Menon, Usha ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening promotion; Chinese immigrant women; Culturally targeted education; Mammography screening; Randomized controlled study; Targeted intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941274930     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-014-0727-6     Document Type: Article

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