Community partnerships, food pantries, and an evidence-based intervention to increase mammography among rural women

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Bencivenga, Marcyann ^a   Derubis, Susan ^b,c   Leach, Patricia ^d   Lotito, Lisa ^e   Shoemaker, Charles ^f   Lengerich, Eugene J ^a,d,g  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Adagio Health   (United States)

^c Indiana County   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e American Cancer Society   (United States)

^f Indiana Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^g PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 38849182346     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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