Barbers as lay health advocates - Developing a prostate cancer curriculum

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 690-697

  Fraser, Marilyn ^a,b   Brown, Humberto ^a,b   Homel, Peter ^c   Macchia, Richard J ^b   LaRosa, Judie ^b   Clare, Richard ^a   Davis King, Donna ^d   Collins, Pat ^a   Samuel, Tonya ^a   Macalino, Grace ^a   Browne, Ruth C ^a,b  

^a Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Men's health; Prostate cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCREENING TEST; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349102940     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30978-0     Document Type: Article

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