"It's up to you and God": Understanding health behavior change in older African American survivors of colorectal cancer

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-103

  Harper, Felicity W K ^a,b   Nevedal, Andrea ^c   Eggly, Susan ^a,b   Francis, Carie ^a   Schwartz, Kendra ^a,b   Albrecht, Terrance L ^a,b  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cancer survivorship; Colorectal cancer; Health behaviors; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSENSUS; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878327175     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-0188-6     Document Type: Article

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