Patnè en aksyon: Addressing cancer disparities in Little Haiti through research and social action

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1163-1165

  Kobetz, Erin ^a,b   Menard, Janelle ^b   Barton, Betsy ^b   Pierre, Laurinus ^d   Diem, Joshua ^c   Auguste, Pascale Denize ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Center for Haitian Studies   (United States)

^e Haitian American Association Against Cancer   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERVIEW; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 67650732562     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.142794     Document Type: Article

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