The Relevance of Fatalism in the Study of Latinas’ Cancer Screening Behavior: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Open Access
- 17 October 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Vol. 18 (4), 310-318
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-010-9119-4
Abstract
Fatalism has been identified as a dominant belief among Latinos and is believed to act as a barrier to cancer prevention. However, controversy exists over the utility of the construct in explaining health disparities experienced by disadvantaged populations above the influence of structural barriers such as low socioeconomic status (SES) and limited access to health care.Keywords
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