An evaluation of the integration of non-traditional learning tools into a community based breast and cervical cancer education program: The witness project of Buffalo

BMC Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hurd, Thelma C ^a   Muti, Paola ^b   Erwin, Deborah O ^c   Womack, Sharita ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; REINFORCEMENT; ROLE PLAYING; THEORY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADULT; AGED; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ROLE PLAYING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 3042800610     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-3-18     Document Type: Article

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