Model for incorporating social context in health behavior interventions: Applications for cancer prevention for working-class, multiethnic populations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-197

  Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Emmons, Karen ^a,b   Hunt, Mary Kay ^a   Barbeau, Elizabeth ^a,b   Goldman, Roberta ^c   Peterson, Karen ^b   Kuntz, Karen ^b   Stoddard, Anne ^d   Berkman, Lisa ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Health disparities; Health inequalities; Health promotion; Nutrition; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0042164939     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00111-7     Document Type: Article

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