A socioecological approach to improving mammography rates in a tribal community

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 396-409

  English, Kevin C ^a   Fairbanks, Jo ^b   Finster, Carolyn E ^c   Rafelito, Alvin ^d   Luna, Jolene ^c   Kennedy, Marianna ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pine Hill Health Center   (United States)

^d National Indian Council on Aging   (United States)

^e Albuquerque Indian Health Board   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Breast cancer; Capacity building; Community based participatory research; Mammography; Socioecological model

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 43149110146     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106290396     Document Type: Article

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