Increasing cervical cancer screening in a Hispanic migrant farmworker community through faith-based clinical outreach

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-204

  Luque, John S ^a   Tyson, Dinorah Martinez ^b   Markossian, Talar ^a   Lee, Ji Hyun ^c   Turner, Rachel ^c   Proctor, Sara ^d   Menard, Janelle ^e   Meade, Cathy D ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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

^d Catholic Charities   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; community outreach; farmworkers; Hispanics; medically underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE WOMAN; SPIRITUAL HEALING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960020236     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e318206004a     Document Type: Article

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