A multilevel intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening among community health center patients: Results of a pilot study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lasser, Karen E ^a   Murillo, Jennifer ^b   Medlin, Elizabeth ^c   Lisboa, Sandra ^b   Valley Shah, Lisa ^b   Fletcher, Robert H ^d   Emmons, Karen M ^e   Ayanian, John Z ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

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

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNICATION AID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY AREAS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 67650727274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-37     Document Type: Article

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