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Published in Medical Imaging Week, June 28th, 2008
In this recent report published in the journal Public Health Nursing, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To identify the factors influencing mammography screening among Thai immigrant women in Southern California. Asian women have lower mammography screening rates than other U. S. women (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2007), and only 53% of Thai women in Los Angeles had a mammogram in the prior 2 years (Thai Community Development Center, 2004)."
"A phenomenological approach was used to elicit Thai immigrant women's perceptions of the reasons for screening participation. Phenomenology is an appropriate means of describing screening as...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2008-06-28)
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