Opportunities to reduce cancer barriers: Community town halls and provider focus groups

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 641-648

  Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a   Rafie, Carlin ^b   Cadet, Debbie L ^b   Ayers, Antoinette ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Community health educator; Community engaged; Needs assessment; Town halls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876284435     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0423-3     Document Type: Article

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