Appalachian women's perspectives on breast and cervical cancer screening.

CONCLUSIONS: Interpreting findings in terms of consumer information processing theory, healthcare providers and supports play a key role in educating and influencing the screening uptake among Appalachian Kentucky women. These findings have the potential to inform innovative and culturally consonant intervention approaches capable of increasing screening and decreasing mortality rates. PMID: 24016336 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24016336?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - September 14, 2013 Category: Rural Health Authors: Schoenberg NE, Kruger TM, Bardach S, Howell BM Tags: Rural Remote Health Source Type: research