Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: A framework to guide research and application

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-235

  Kreuter, Matthew W ^a,l   Green, Melanie C ^b   Cappella, Joseph N ^c   Slater, Michael D ^d   Wise, Meg E ^e   Storey, Doug ^f   Clark, Eddie M ^a   O'Keefe, Daniel J ^g   Erwin, Deborah O ^h   Holmes, Kathleen ^a   Hinyard, Leslie J ^a   Houston, Thomas ^i,j   Woolley, Sabra ^k  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^j BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; TOBACCO; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NARRATION; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH;

EID: 34447276682     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02879904     Document Type: Review

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