The green acres effect: The need for a new colorectal cancer screening campaign tailored to rural audiences

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 749-762

  Campo, Shelly ^a   Askelson, Natoshia M ^a   Routsong, Tracy ^b   Graaf, Lorrie J ^c   Losch, Mary ^d   Smith, Holly ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Association of Chronic Disease Directors   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^e IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Rural health; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL MARKETING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 55649106163     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198108320358     Document Type: Article

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