Evidential preferences: Cultural appropriateness strategies in health communications

Health Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 549-559

  Sanders Thompson, V L ^a   Cavazos Rehg, P A ^b   Jupka, K ^a   Caito, N ^a   Gratzke, J ^a   Tate, K Y ^a   Deshpande, A ^a   Kreuter, M W ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44649128664     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cym029     Document Type: Article

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