A MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY PILOT PROJECT TO INCREASE SCREENING AMONG LATINA WOMEN OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

Community-based initiatives to provide culturally appropriate mobile mammography services may hold promise in reducing screening disparities among Hispanic/Latina women. Here, Massin-Short et al report findings of a community-academic partnership to conduct a pilot project providing mobile mammograp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Public health reports (1974) 2010-09, Vol.125 (5), p.765-771
Hauptverfasser:	Massin-Short, Sarah B., Grullón, Minerva A., Judge, Christine M., Ruderman, Karen R., Grullón, Milagro, Lora, Vilma
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - ethnology Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control Cancer screening Communities Community-Institutional Relations Demography Female From the Schools of Public Health Health insurance Health Plan Implementation Hispanic Americans Hispanics Humans Low income groups Mammography Massachusetts Medical screening Middle Aged Mobile Health Units - organization & administration On Linkages Pilot Projects Pilot studies Poverty Program Development Public health Women Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Community-based initiatives to provide culturally appropriate mobile mammography services may hold promise in reducing screening disparities among Hispanic/Latina women. Here, Massin-Short et al report findings of a community-academic partnership to conduct a pilot project providing mobile mammography services in the majority Latino city of Lawrence MA.
ISSN:	0033-3549 1468-2877
DOI:	10.1177/003335491012500521