Health professions career awareness program for seventh- and eighth-grade African-American students: A pilot study

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-243

  Balogun, Joseph A ^a   Sloan, Patricia E ^a   Hardney, Karen ^a  

^a CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 30744473178     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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