The influence of health literacy on colorectal cancer screening knowledge, beliefs and behavior

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1105-1112

  Peterson, Neeraja B ^a,d   Dwyer, Kathleen A ^c   Mulvaney, Shelagh A ^b   Dietrich, Mary S ^b   Rothman, Russell L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical Center East   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Barriers; Cancer; Colorectal; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 35348990767     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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