A spiritually based approach to breast cancer awareness: Cognitive response analysis of communication effectiveness

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Lee, Crystal ^a   Wright, Katrina ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 41449091498     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230701626919     Document Type: Article

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