Religiousness and prostate cancer screening in African American men

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 316-331

  Abernethy, Alexis D ^a   Houston, Tina R ^b   Bjorck, Jeffrey P ^a   Gorsuch, Richard L ^a   Arnold Jr , Harold L ^c  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b Children's Institute Inc   (United States)

^c BIOVID   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Cancer screening attitudes; Prostate cancer; Religiousness; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOPSY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELF EFFICACY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 70349318133     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347330902979036     Document Type: Article

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