A four-phase program to recruit African American women into breast cancer promotion programs.
The author discusses a successful, nurse-coordinated collaborative community-based breast health program that targeted older African American women from the state of South Carolina. Over 16 community organizations and health care partners supported the four-phase program that was funded by the South Carolina Breast and Cervical Risk Reduction Program and the South Carolina Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
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Clemson University School of Nursing, College of Health, Education, and Human Development, USA. lynetteG@aol.com
D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development; D013022:South Carolina; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*