Barriers and facilitators to adherence to screening colonoscopy among African-Americans: A mixed-methods analysis

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 722-728

  Wong, Carrie R ^a,b   Bloomfield, Elana R ^a   Crookes, Danielle M ^a   Jandorf, Lina ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84888638054     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0510-0     Document Type: Article

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