Men's knowledge and attitudes about cervical cancer screening in Kenya

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rosser, Joelle I ^a   Zakaras, Jennifer M ^b   Hamisi, Sabina ^c   Huchko, Megan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer prevention; Health knowledge and attitudes; HIV; Men; Sub Saharan Africa; Women's global health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEN KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERCEPTION; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA PAIN; WART VIRUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84964696049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-014-0138-1     Document Type: Article

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