Bosnian, Iraqi, and Somali Refugee Women Speak: A Comparative Qualitative Study of Refugee Health Beliefs on Preventive Health and Breast Cancer Screening

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 501-508

  Saadi, Altaf ^a   Bond, Barbara E ^b   Percac Lima, Sanja ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIAN (CITIZEN); BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SOMALI (PEOPLE); URBAN AREA; WAR; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; IRAQ; ISLAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; SOMALIA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ; ISLAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOMALIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941315778     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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