Navigation as an intervention to eliminate disparities in american indian communities

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-127

  Krebs, Linda U ^a   Burhansstipanov, Linda ^b   Watanabe Galloway, Shinobu ^c   Pingatore, Noel L ^d   Petereit, Daniel G ^e   Isham, Debra ^f  

^a College of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b Native American Cancer Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Inter Tribal Council of Michigan Inc   (United States)

^e RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Muscogee(Creek) Nation   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Community based participatory research; Health care disparities inequities; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT NAVIGATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877356677     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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