Lay navigator model for impacting cancer health disparities

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-457

  Meade, Cathy D ^a   Wells, Kristen J ^b   Arevalo, Mariana ^c   Calcano, Ercilia R ^d   Rivera, Marlene ^e   Sarmiento, Yolanda ^a   Freeman, Harold P ^f   Roetzheim, Richard G ^d  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Harold P Freeman Patient Navigation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Community Health; Education; Health Disparities; Patient navigation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT NAVIGATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906054114     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-014-0640-z     Document Type: Article

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