Cervical Cancer Screening and Chinese Women: Insights from Focus Groups

Frontiers in Psychology

S. C. H. Chang¹ 

关键词: culture;    pap testing;    Chinese women;    sexuality;    Chinese medicine;    cervical cancer;    reproductive health;    cancer screening;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00048

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objective: Despite extensive efforts to raise awareness, Papanicolaou (Pap) testing rates among Chinese women living in North America remain low compared with Euro-American women. Although the lower Pap testing rate and ensuing health repercussions among Chinese women are well characterized, mechanisms underlying such health disparities are not. The aim of this study was to use a qualitative approach to delineate such mechanisms. Qualitative approaches to understand constructs within the domain of sexual and reproductive health have been shown to be particularly appropriate, and offer a nuanced view of sexuality that is not afforded by traditional quantitative methods.

【 授权许可】

CC BY