Talking about cancer with confidence: Evaluation of cancer awareness training for community-based health workers

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 268-275

  Grimmett, Chloe ^a   Macherianakis, Alexis ^b   Rendell, Helen ^c   George, Helen ^c   Kaplan, Gwen ^c   Kilgour, Gillian ^c   Power, Emily ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer awareness; community; community health worker; evaluation; health; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84991547382     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913914534840     Document Type: Review

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