Colorectal cancer screening among low-income African Americans in East Harlem: A theoretical approach to understanding barriers and promoters to screening

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-44

  Lawsin, Catalina ^a   DuHamel, Katherine ^a   Weiss, Anthony ^a   Rakowski, William ^b   Jandorf, Lina ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; African Americans; Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Low income; Transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33846405710     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9126-6     Document Type: Article

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