Creating alliances to improve cancer prevention and detection among urban medically underserved minority groups: The East Harlem Partnership for Cancer Awareness

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 2043-2051

  Jandorf, Lina ^a   Fatone, Anne ^a   Borker, Priti V ^b   Levin, Mark ^c   Esmond, Warria A ^d   Brenner, Barbara ^a   Butts, Gary ^a   Redd, William H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b East Harlem Council for Human Services Inc   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Settlement Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Awareness; Cancer prevention and control; Community health networks; Health; Health promotion; Hispanics; Medically underserved area; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CITY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33749991511     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22153     Document Type: Article

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