Testing to prevent colon cancer: Results from a rural community intervention

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-507

  John, M Westfall ^a   Zittleman, Linda ^a   Sutter, Christin ^a   Emsermann, Caroline B ^a   Staton, Elizabeth W ^a   Van Vorst, Rebecca ^b   Dickinson, L Miriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IPRO Inc   (United States)

^c High Plains Research Network (HPRN)   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer prevention; Community based participatory research; Practice based research; Rural; Underserved

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER PREVENTION; COLON TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH; PRECANCER; RURAL; RURAL POPULATION; UNDERSERVED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

COLON CANCER PREVENTION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH; RURAL; UNDERSERVED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORADO; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84887512236     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1582     Document Type: Article

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