Changing the conversation about prostate cancer among African Americans: Results of formative research

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-43

  Wray, Ricardo J ^a   McClure, Stephanie ^b   Vijaykumar, Santosh ^a   Smith, Christopher ^c   Ivy, Andrae ^c   Jupka, Keri ^a   Hess, Richard ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Communication; Decision making; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIAL IMPACT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60749083236     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802056448     Document Type: Article

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