Perceptions of colorectal cancer among three ethnic subgroups of US blacks: A qualitative study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 669-680

  Gwede, Clement K ^a,b   Jean Francois, Emmanuel ^a   Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a,b   Wilson, Shaenelle ^a   Tarver, Will L ^a   Thomas, Kamilah B ^a   Vadaparampil, Susan T ^a,b   Meade, Cathy D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer; Colorectal; Health disparities; Immigrants; Research; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HAITI; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84856368849     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30406-5     Document Type: Article

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