Acceptability and feasibility of a community-based screening programme for melanoma in Australia

Health Promotion International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-444

  Lowe, John B ^a   Ball, Jacqueline ^b   Lynch, Brigid M ^c   Baldwin, Louise ^d   Janda, Monika ^c,e   Stanton, Warren R ^f   Aitken, Joanne F ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Info and Communications Division   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based melanoma screening trial; Process evaluation; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 10644263098     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah405     Document Type: Article

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