Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors Among Korean American Immigrant Women: Findings From the Health Belief Model

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 450-457

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Stange, Mia ju ^b   Ahluwalia, Jasjit S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer screening; cancer screening disparity; clinical breast exam; Health Belief Model; Korean American immigrant women; mammogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946408101     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659614526457     Document Type: Article

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