Cancer education for home health care workers: A process evaluation

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-234

  Moadel, Alyson B ^a   Skamai, Anne ^b   Carter, Jeanne ^c   Carey, James V ^d   Morgan, Carole ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Family Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33344470791     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2004_11     Document Type: Article

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