Impact of an educational intervention on provider knowledge, attitudes, and comfort level regarding counseling women ages 40–49 about breast cancer screening

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-216

  Bryan, Teresa J ^a,b   Estrada, Carlos A ^a,b   Castiglioni, Analia ^c   Snyder, Erin D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Counseling; Education; Mammography; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMFORT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT; LIKERT SCALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930934665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S80337     Document Type: Article

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