The role of social capital in African-American women's use of mammography

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 148-156

  Dean, Lorraine ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Williams, David R ^b   Armstrong, Katrina ^a   Charles, Camille Zubrinsky ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black African American; Cancer; Community participation; Mammography; Screening; Social capital; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN; CANCER; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; SCREENING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; USA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84894469881     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.057     Document Type: Article

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