Patient navigation pilot project: Results from the community health advisors in action program (CHAAP)

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Fouad, Mona ^a   Wynn, Theresa ^a   Martin, Michelle ^a   Partridge, Edward ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Community volunteers; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY WORKER; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 77954066442     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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