"Fault-line of an Earthquake": A Qualitative Examination of Barriers and Facilitators to Colorectal Cancer Screening in Rural, Eastern North Carolina

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-87

  Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B ^a   Lea, C Suzanne ^a   May, Carrie L ^a   Stowe, Chelsea ^a   Hamill, Dana J ^b   Walker, Kelcy T ^c   Fitzgerald, Timothy L ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albemarle Regional Health Services   (United States)

^c North Carolina Comprehensive Cancer Program   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health disparities; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84871971407     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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