Barriers and facilitators of colon cancer screening among patients at faith-based neighborhood health centers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-74

  Tabbarah, Melissa ^a   Nowalk, Mary Patricia ^a   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Jewell, Ilene K ^c   Zimmerman, Richard K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Screening; Spiritual care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 12944307331     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-004-6095-0     Document Type: Article

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