Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening with Fetal Occult Blood Testing in a Predominantly Minority Urban Population: A Qualitative Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1268-1271

  Brouse, Corey H ^a   Basch, Charles E ^a,b   Wolf, Randi L ^a   Shmukler, Celia ^c   Neugut, Alfred I ^d   Shea, Steven ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c Dis Management and Wellness Program   (United States)

^d Columbia Univ Coll of Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEPHONE; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL MARKETING; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0041382757     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.8.1268     Document Type: Article

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