Increasing Melanoma Screening Among Hispanic/Latino Americans: A Community-Based Educational Intervention

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 627-632

  Chung, Grace Y ^a,b   Brown, Gina ^a   Gibson, Desmond ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

community health promotion; Hispanic Latino; melanoma skin cancer; self efficacy; self screening behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941883373     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198115578748     Document Type: Article

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