Addressing multilevel barriers to cervical cancer screening in Korean American women: A randomized trial of a community-based intervention

Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1018-1026

  Fang, Carolyn Y ^a   Ma, Grace X ^b   Handorf, Elizabeth A ^a   Feng, Ziding ^c   Tan, Yin ^b   Rhee, Joanne ^b   Miller, Suzanne M ^a   Kim, Charles ^b   Koh, Han Seung ^d  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d First Korean United Methodist Church of Cherry Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical cancer screening; community based participatory research; intervention; Korean American; navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KOREAN AMERICAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 85006131644     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30391     Document Type: Article

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