Race and the validity of self-reported cancer screening behaviors: Development of a conceptual model

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-107

  Burgess, Diana J ^a,b   Powell, Adam A ^a   Griffin, Joan M ^a,b   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer screening; Disparities; Ethnic groups; Minority groups; Race ethnicity; Self report; Social cognition; Survey methods; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECALL; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 59649130029     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.11.014     Document Type: Review

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