Las Mujeres Saludables: Reaching latinas for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer prevention and screening

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Larkey, Linda ^a,b  

^a Department of Family and Community Medicine and Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer Screening; Latino Health; Social Support; Women's Cancer Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 29944443573     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-005-8190-2     Document Type: Article

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