Melanoma Disparities among US Hispanics: Use of the Social Ecological Model to Contextualize Reasons for Inequitable Outcomes and Frame a Research Agenda

Journal of Skin Cancer

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Harvey, Valerie M ^a,b   Oldfield, Charlene W ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^c   Eschbach, Karl ^d  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006094906     PISSN: 20902905     EISSN: 20902913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/4635740     Document Type: Review

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