Comparing knowledge of colorectal and prostate cancer among African American and Hispanic men

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 412-417

  Powe, Barbara D ^a,d   Cooper, Dexter L ^a   Harmond, Lokie ^a   Ross, Louie ^b   Mercado, Flavia E ^c   Faulkenberry, Rachel ^a  

^a BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Grady Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer information; Colorectal cancer; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349152251     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181aaf10e     Document Type: Article

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