Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention in Young Korean Immigrant Women: Implications for Intervention Development

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 353-362

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Lee, Mi Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; cervical cancer; cervical cancer prevention; culture; HPV vaccine; Korean immigrant women; Pap test

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICAN; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRANT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85021067533     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659616649670     Document Type: Article

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