Barbers against prostate cancer: A feasibility study for training barbers to deliver prostate cancer education in an urban African American community

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-100

  Luque, John S ^a   Rivers, Brian M ^b   Kambon, Maisha ^b   Brookins, Ronald ^c   Green, B Lee ^b   Meade, Cathy D ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Community Health Advocacy Partnership ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Barbershop; Community based participatory research; Lay health adviser; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BARBERING; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952094146     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-009-0021-1     Document Type: Article

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