Impact of travel distance on WISEWOMAN Intervention attendance for a rural population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-569

  Oleson, Jacob J ^a   Breheny, Patrick J ^a   Pendergast, Jane F ^a   Ryan, Sandi ^b   Litchfield, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Heart diseases; Rural population; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IOWA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 55049133408     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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