Using a Delphi Technique to Determine the Needs of African American Breast Cancer Survivors

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-44

  Shaw, Mary D ^a   Coggin, Claudia ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; breast cancer survivors; Delphi technique; expressed needs; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649125837     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839907307674     Document Type: Article

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