Adapting a program to inform African American and hispanic American women about cancer clinical trials

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-145

  Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a,c   Gonzalez, Jenny ^a   Mumman, Manpreet ^a   Cullen, Lisa ^a   LaHousse, Sheila F ^a,e   Malcarne, Vanessa ^a,b,c   Conde, Viridiana ^d   Riley, Natasha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Vista Community Clinic   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Breast cancer; Clinical trials; Disparities; Focus groups; Hispanic American; Latinas; MeSH; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT SELECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77956643377     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-009-0032-y     Document Type: Article

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