Perceptions of cancer controllability and cancer risk knowledge: The moderating role of race, ethnicity, and acculturation

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-261

  Ramírez, A Susana ^a   Rutten, Lila J Finney ^b   Oh, April ^c   Vengoechea, Bryan Leyva ^a   Moser, Richard P ^a   Vanderpool, Robin C ^d   Hesse, Bradford W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer fatalism; Communication inequalities; Disparities; Health communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879503802     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0450-8     Document Type: Article

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