Addressing cancer disparities via community network mobilization and intersectoral partnerships: A social network analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a   Salhi, Carmel ^b   Achille, Erline ^c   Baril, Nashira ^c   D'Entremont, Kerrie ^d,g   Grullon, Milagro ^d,h   Judge, Christine ^b,i   Oppenheimer, Sarah ^a,b   Reeves, Chrasandra ^e   Savage, Clara ^f   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^d Mayor's Health Task Force   (United States)

^e Boston Alliance for Community Health   (United States)

^f Common Pathways ^*  (United States)

^g Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program   (United States)

^h Lawrence Community Connections   (United States)

ⁱ Massachusetts Medical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; POLICY; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEOPLASMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84857583041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032130     Document Type: Article

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