Long-Term Impact of a Culturally Tailored Patient Navigation Program on Disparities in Breast Cancer Screening in Refugee Women after the Program's End

Health Equity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 205-210

  Rodriguez Torres, Sebastian A ^a   McCarthy, Anne Marie ^b,c   He, Wei ^b   Ashburner, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Percac Lima, Sanja ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast health; mammography; minority health; patient navigation; preventative health; screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079180146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24731242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/heq.2018.0104     Document Type: Article

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