Partnering with African American churches to achieve better health: Lessons learned during the black churches united for better health 5 a day project

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 164-167

  Demark Wahnefried, Wendy ^a   McClelland, Jacquelyn W ^d   Jackson, Bethany ^b   Campbell, Marci Kramish ^b   Cowan, Arnette ^c   Hoben, Kimberly ^a   Rimer, Barbara K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Duke University Medical Center/MSRB ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRISTIANITY; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034277674     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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