African-American men's perceptions about prostate cancer: Implications for designing educational interventions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2189-2200

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b,c   Kennedy, Mark ^c   Wilson Glover, Athene ^d   Gilligan, Timothy D ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Informed decision making; Prostate cancer screening; USA

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MENS HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSTON; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247559691     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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