US health educators' likelihood of adopting genomic competencies into health promotion

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1651-1657

  Chen, Lei Shih ^a   Kwok, Oi Man ^b   Goodson, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; GENOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549100445     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122663     Document Type: Article

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