Abnormal Mammogram Follow-Up: Do Community Lay Health Advocates Make a Difference?

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Crump, Sherry R ^a   Shipp, Michèle P L ^b   McCray, Gail G ^c   Morris, Selma J ^d   Okoli, Joel A ^c   Caplan, Lee S ^c   Thorne, Stacy L ^e   Blumenthal, Daniel S ^c  

^a Department of Labor Adjudication Services ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; community lay health advocates; follow up compliance; mammogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 51649113193     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839907312806     Document Type: Article

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