Effectiveness of Community Health Workers in Providing Outreach and Education for Colorectal Cancer Screening in Appalachian Kentucky

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 430-440

  Feltner, Frances J ^a   Ely, Gretchen E ^b   Whitler, Elmer T ^a   Gross, David ^a   Dignan, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Prevention Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer awareness; cancer education; colorectal screening; community health workers; medically underserved population; vulnerable population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861420889     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.657296     Document Type: Article

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