Barriers to cervical cancer screening in rural Kenya: Perspectives from a provider survey

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 756-761

  Rosser, Joelle I ^a   Hamisi, Sabina ^b   Njoroge, Betty ^b   Huchko, Megan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Patient barriers; Provider attitudes; Service barriers; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84943581040     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-9996-1     Document Type: Article

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