Biological, Psychological and Behavioral, and Social Variables Influencing Colorectal Cancer Screening in African Americans

Nursing Research

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 312-320

  Griffith, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 70349577814     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181ac143d     Document Type: Article

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