Community capacity for cancer control collaboration: Weaving an Islander Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training for Pacific Islanders in Southern California

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 37-40

  Tanjasiri, Sora Park ^a   Tran, Jacqueline H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Community capacity; Organizational capacity; Pacific Islanders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; COMMUNITY; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MINORITY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 42749090008     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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