Sustaining a safety net breast and cervical cancer detection program

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 20-30

  Shapiro, Linda Diamond ^a   Thompson, Donna ^a   Calhoun, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Access Community Health Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Community health center; Early detection; Faith based health program; Racial and ethnic disparities; Sustainability; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33745040292     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0080     Document Type: Review

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