Detailed knowledge of the tuskegee syphilis study: Who knows what? a framework for health promotion strategies

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 629-636

  Lee Green, B ^a   Li, Lin ^b   Morris, J Fontain ^c   Gluzman, Rima ^b   Davis, Jenna L ^a   Wang, Min Qi ^d   Katz, Ralph V ^b  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; biomedical research; Blacks; community based participatory research; detailed knowledge between racial groups; health promotion; minorities; Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONNECTICUT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355135390     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110391529     Document Type: Article

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