Educational parties as a strategy to promote breast health awareness and screening in underserved female populations

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Byrne, Sharon ^b   Robles Rodriguez, Evelyn ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BREAST TUMOR; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAME; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF HELP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEW JERSEY; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 67649207802     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.145-148     Document Type: Article

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