Insights into barriers that prevent african americans from seeking colorectal screenings: A qualitative study

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-208

  Good, Karron ^a   Niziolek, Jessica ^a   Yoshida, Cynthia ^a   Rowlands, Aletha ^a  

^a Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77953488389     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181e379ed     Document Type: Article

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