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Breast Cancer
Need for culturally relevant breast cancer education programs investigated
September 29th, 2005
The need for culturally relevant breast cancer education programs was investigated recently. "To determine the effectiveness of a multifaceted, culturally sensitive breast cancer education program for African American women in the Arkansas Mississippi River Delta," investigators in Arkansas designed an "experimental (i.e., post-test only, control group design) study using African American churches and a county Extension Homemakers Club sponsored through the Arkansas Extension Homemakers council." The study cohort consisted of "53 African American women, "wrote C. P. Hall and colleagues. "The experimental group included 30 participants who had a mean...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-29)
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