Application of the health literacy framework to diet-related cancer prevention conversations of older immigrant women to Canada

Health Promotion International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-44

  Thomson, M D ^a   Hoffman Goetz, L ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

colon cancer; health literacy; migrants; women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CUBA; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

AGED; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CUBA; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

EID: 84856866956     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar019     Document Type: Article

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