A qualitative evaluation of a faith-based breast and cervical cancer screening intervention for African American women

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-663

  Matthews, Alicia K ^a   Berrios, Nerida ^b   Darnell, Julie S ^b   Calhoun, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Women; Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Faith based intervention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748192180     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106288498     Document Type: Article

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