Unwillingness to participate in colorectal cancer screening: Examining fears, attitudes, and medical mistrust in an ethnically diverse sample of adults 50 years and older

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Bynum, Shalanda A ^a   Davis, Jenna L ^a   Green, B Lee ^a   Katz, Ralph V ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal Cancer; Fear; Prevention and Control; Prevention Research; Screening; Trust

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 84864942349     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.110113-QUAN-20     Document Type: Article

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