Tailored lay health worker intervention improves breast cancer screening outcomes in non-adherent Korean-American women

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-329

  Han, Hae Ra ^a   Lee, H ^b   Kim, M T ^a   Kim, K B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Korean Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KOREA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62549133027     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn021     Document Type: Article

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