Promoting Knowledge of Cancer Prevention and Screening in an Underserved Hispanic Women Population: A Culturally Sensitive Education Program

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Jimenez, Edward A ^a   Xie, Yang ^b   Goldsteen, Karen ^c   Chalas, Eva ^c  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer prevention; education; Hispanic; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856160964     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839910364370     Document Type: Article

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