Patterns of information behavior and prostate cancer knowledge among African-American men

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-716

  Ross, Levi ^a   Dark, Tyra ^b   Orom, Heather ^c   Underwood III, Willie ^a,c   Anderson Lewis, Charkarra ^d   Johnson, Jarrett ^a   Erwin, Deborah O ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Institute of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Active and passive learning; African American men; Knowledge; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859919445     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0241-z     Document Type: Article

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