Talking circles: Northern Plains Tribes American Indian women's views of cancer as a health issue

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Becker, Sara A ^a,b   Affonso, Dyanne D ^c   Beard, Madonna Blue Horse ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian women; Cancer screening; Talking Circles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH DAKOTA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645131842     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0737-1209.2006.230105.x     Document Type: Article

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