Addressing Low Colorectal Cancer Screening in African Americans: Using Focus Groups to Inform the Development of Effective Interventions

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 567-574

  May, Folasade P ^a,b,c,d   Whitman, Cynthia B ^d   Varlyguina, Ksenia ^d   Bromley, Erica G ^b   Spiegel, Brennan M R ^a,b,c,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Colorectal cancer; Disparities; Qualitative; Screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929191185     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0842-z     Document Type: Article

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