Increasing prostate cancer screening among African American men

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 91-106

  Carter, Vivian L ^a   Tippett, Fredrick ^b   Anderson, Dennis L ^b   Tameru, Berhanu ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nursing and Allied Health at TU   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Black Belt; Prostate cancer screening; Spouse signicficant others

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77955963773     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0366     Document Type: Article

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