A qualitative assessment of community-based breast health navigation services for Southeast Asian women in Southern California: Recommendations for developing a navigator training curriculum

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-93

  Nguyen, Tu Uyen N ^a   Tran, Jacqueline H ^b   Kagawa Singer, Marjorie ^c   Foo, Mary Anne ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr of Excellence to Eliminate Breast and Cervical Cancer Disparities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; CONSUMER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CURRICULUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78650884386     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.176743     Document Type: Article

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