Factors affecting African American men's use of online colorectal cancer education

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-29

  Cogbill, Salimah ^a   Francis, Brittney ^a   Thompson, Vetta L Sanders ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Health education; Men's health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84898048341     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-013-0532-7     Document Type: Article

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