Community education programs to promote mammography participation in rural New York State

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-108

  Flynn, Brian S ^a,b   Gavin, Patricia ^c   Worden, John K ^a,b   Ashikaga, Takamaru ^b   Gautam, Shiva ^b   Carpenter, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Glens Falls Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

access; breast screening; community education; mammography; mobile van; perceived norms; rural women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030941151     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0110     Document Type: Article

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