Connecting rural African American and Hispanic women to cancer education and screening: The avon health connector project

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-126

  Mayo, Rachel M ^a   Sherrill, Windsor W ^a   Crew, Linda ^a   Watt, Paula ^a   Mayo, William W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAY HEALTH ADVISOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STUDENT; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 4444383795     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce1902_14     Document Type: Article

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