The development of a community action plan to reduce breast and cervical cancer disparities between African-American and white women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Fouad, Mona N ^a   Nagy, M Christine ^c   Johnson, Rhoda E ^c   Wynn, Theresa A ^a   Partridge, Edward E ^b   Dignan, Mark ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Breast and cervical cancer; Community based models; Early detection; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644353940     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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