Addressing disparities in cancer screening among U.S. immigrants: Progress and opportunities

Cancer Prevention Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 253-259

  Fang, Carolyn Y ^a   Ragin, Camille C ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREAN (PEOPLE); OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIETNAMESE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIGRANT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ASIAN AMERICANS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85081361209     PISSN: 19406207     EISSN: 19406215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-19-0249     Document Type: Review

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