Strategies for Assessing Community Challenges and Strengths for Cancer Disparities Participatory Research and Outreach

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 876-887

  Gwede, Clement K ^a   Menard, Janelle M ^b   Martinez Tyson, Dinorah ^c   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a   Padhya, Tapan A ^a   Meade, Cathy D ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

community assessment; community networks program; community based participatory research; community academic partnerships; health disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952277863     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909335803     Document Type: Article

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