Contextualizing diversity and culture within cancer control interventions for Latinas: Changing interventions, not cultures

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-701

  Erwin, Deborah O ^a   Treviño, Michelle ^b   Saad Harfouche, Frances G ^a   Rodriguez, Elisa M ^c   Gage, Elizabeth ^a   Jandorf, Lina ^d  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Latino Hispanic; Screening; USA

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEXICO; PUERTO RICO; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955090309     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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