A community-based intervention to increase screening mammography among disadvantaged women at an inner-city drop-in center

Women and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-31

  Heyding, Robert K ^a   Cheung, Angela M ^a   Mocarski, Eva J M ^a,b   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Hwang, Stephen W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Community based intervention; Homeless persons; Inner city; Mammography; Mental illness; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 25144485710     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v41n01_02     Document Type: Article

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