Using Community-Based Participatory Research Methods to Reach Women With Health Messages: Results From the North Carolina BEAUTY and Health Pilot Project

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-173

  Linnan, Laura A ^a   Ferguson, Yvonne Owens ^b   Wasilewski, Yvonne ^c   Lee, Ann Marie ^d   Yang, Jingzhen ^e   Solomon, Felicia ^d   Katz, Mira ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer prevention; community based; health promotion; participatory research; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEAUTY CULTURE; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 21444457456     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903259497     Document Type: Article

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