Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Racially Diverse Population Served by a Safety-Net Clinic

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 791-796

  Nagelhout, Elizabeth ^a   Comarell, Kristen ^b   Samadder, N Jewel ^a,c   Wu, Yelena P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Colorectal cancer; Patient awareness; Patient barriers; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85011632530     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-017-0319-6     Document Type: Article

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