A Culturally Appropriate Cancer Education Program for African-American Adolescents in an Urban Middle School

Journal of School Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 50-54

  Barg, Frances K ^a   Lowe, Jane Isaacs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0030072805     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1996.tb07908.x     Document Type: Article

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