Family and cultural influences on cervical cancer screening among immigrant Latinas in Miami-Dade county, USA

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 710-722

  Madhivanan, Purnima ^a   Valderrama, Diana ^a   Krupp, Karl ^a   Ibanez, Gladys ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Immigrant; Latina; Pap tests; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949762173     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1116125     Document Type: Article

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