Creating a cadre of junior investigators to address the challenges of cancer-related health disparities: Lessons learned from the Community Networks Program

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-417

  Felder, Tisha M ^a,b   Brandt, Heather M ^a   Armstead, Cheryl A ^a   Cavicchia, Philip P ^a,c   Braun, Kathryn L ^d   Adams, Swann A ^a   Friedman, Daniela B ^a   Tanjasiri, Sora ^e   Steck, Susan E ^a   Smith, Emily R ^f   Daguisé, Virginie G ^g,h   Hébert, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Division of Research and Education   (United States)

^g South Carolina Cancer Alliance   (United States)

^h SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer disparities; Cancer education; Community based participatory research; Interprofessional relationships; Mentors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84866735101     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0361-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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