From the Schools of Public Health: On linkages - Increasing awareness of and interest in public health and cancer control careers among minority middle school students

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-539

  Alcaraz, Kassandra I ^a   Kreuter, Matthew W ^a   Davis, Kia L ^d   Rogers, Vickie L ^b   Samways, Theresa W ^c   Bryan, Rebecca P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gateway Middle School   (United States)

^c St Louis Academy of Sciences   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CONTROL; CAREER; CAREER PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEOPLASM;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 53049096898     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300417     Document Type: Article

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