The primary care physician and cancer literacy: Reducing health disparities in an immigrant population

Health Education Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 435-445

  Lee, Hee Yun ^a   Choi, Jeong Kyun ^b   Park, Ji Hye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andersen's Health Behaviour Model; cancer literacy; health disparity; Korean American immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDERSEN HEALTH BEHAVIOR MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER LITERACY; CAUCASIAN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902359071     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896913489290     Document Type: Article

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