The role of health literacy on African American and hispanic/latino perspectives on cancer clinical trials

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-305

  Evans, Kiameesha R ^a,b   Lewis, M Jane ^a,b   Hudson, Shawna V ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer; Clinical trials; Focus group; Health literacy; Hispanics Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864037263     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0300-5     Document Type: Article

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