Colon cancer knowledge and attitudes in an immigrant haitian community

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-325

  Francois, Fritz ^a,b   Elysée, Greta ^a   Shah, Susan ^a   Gany, Francesca ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Colon cancer screening; Focus group; Immigrant; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67449116797     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9126-6     Document Type: Article

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