Spiritually Based Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans: Screening and Theory-Based Outcomes From a Randomized Trial

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 458-468

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Litaker, Mark S ^b   Scarinci, Isabel C ^b   Debnam, Katrina J ^a   McDavid, Chastity ^b   McNeal, Sandre F ^b   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^c   Crowther, Martha ^d   Bolland, John ^d   Martin, Michelle Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; cancer screening; church based; colorectal cancer; health disparities; spiritually based intervention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER SCREENING; CHURCH-BASED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SPIRITUALLY BASED INTERVENTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; CHURCH-BASED; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH DISPARITIES; SPIRITUALLY BASED INTERVENTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84880442799     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198112459651     Document Type: Article

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