Acceptability of narratives to promote colorectal cancer screening in an online community

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 405-407

  Hwang, Kevin O ^a   Trickey, Amber W ^a   Graham, Amanda L ^b   Thomas, Eric J ^a   Street, Richard L ^c   Kraschnewski, Jennifer L ^d   Vernon, Sally W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal cancer screening; Internet; Narratives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS;

EID: 84861780456     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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