Lay Health Advisors: A Strategy for Getting the Word Out about Breast Cancer

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 432-451

  Earp, Jo Anne L ^a,d   Viadro, Claire I ^a   Vincus, Amy A ^b   Altpeter, Mary ^e   Flax, Valerie ^c   Mayne, Linda ^e   Eng, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c International Rescue Committee   (Guinea)

^d IL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031201184     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400404     Document Type: Article

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