Culturally targeted educational intervention to increase colorectal health awareness among African Americans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 132-147

  Morgan, Phyllis D ^a   Fogel, Joshua ^c   Tyler, Indira D ^a,b   Jones, John R ^d  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Fayetteville Gastroenterology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Bioethics; Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Community based; Faith based; Fatalism; Intervention; Screening; Social justice

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 77955941858     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0357     Document Type: Article

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