Barriers to screening colonoscopy for low-income Latino and white patients in an urban community health center

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 834-840

  Green, Alexander R ^a   Peters Lewis, Angelleen ^a   Percac Lima, Sanja ^a   Betancourt, Joseph R ^a   Richter, James M ^a   Janairo, Maria Pamela R ^a   Gamba, Gloria B ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Cultural competency; Latino; Patient navigation; Qualitative; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 43949130404     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0572-6     Document Type: Article

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