When Promotoras and Technology Meet: A Qualitative Analysis of Promotoras' Use of Small Media to Increase Cancer Screening Among South Texas Latinos

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-363

  Arvey, Sarah R ^a   Fernandez, Maria E ^b   LaRue, Denise M ^c   Bartholomew, L Kay ^b  

^a Lance Armstrong Foundation   (United States)

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

^c HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer screening; community health workers; tailoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS;

EID: 84861829457     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198111418110     Document Type: Article

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