A pilot test of a church-based intervention to promote multiple cancer-screening behaviors among Latinas

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-143

  Allen, Jennifer D ^a,b   Pérez, John E ^c   Tom, Laura ^a   Leyva, Bryan ^d   Diaz, Daisy ^a   Torres, Maria Idalí ^e  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Church; Disparities; Health; Hispanic; Latinas; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RELIGION;

EID: 84897975926     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0560-3     Document Type: Article

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