Medication Adherence Skills Training for African-American Breast Cancer Survivors: The Effects on Health Literacy, Medication Adherence, and Self-Efficacy

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-46

  Rust, Connie F ^a   Davis, Cindy ^b   Moore, Matthew R ^c  

^a South College School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; breast cancer; health literacy; medication adherence; self efficacy; survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84921270098     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2014.964447     Document Type: Article

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