Diffusion of cancer education information through a Latino community health advisor program

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 135-138

  Navarro, Ana M ^a   Raman, Rema ^a   McNicholas, Lori J ^b   Loza, Oralia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast and cervical cancer screening; Community health advisor; Community based interventions; Diffusion; Latino women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL CLASS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548317559     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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