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Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: How Rural Community Members Took on a Community-Based Intervention

Ned Norman, Shirley Cowart, Maret Felzien, Connie Haynes, Mike Hernandez, Mary Petra Rodriquez, Norah Sanchez, Sergio Sanchez, Kathy Winkelman, Steve Winkelman, Rebecca Van Vorst, Linda Zittleman and John M. Westfall
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2013, 11 (6) 568-570; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1586
Ned Norman
1High Plains Research Network Community Advisory Council, Denver, Colorado
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Rebecca Van Vorst
2Deyta, Louisville, Kentucky
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Linda Zittleman
3Department of Family Medicine, High Plains Research Network, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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John M. Westfall
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Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: How Rural Community Members Took on a Community-Based Intervention
Ned Norman, Shirley Cowart, Maret Felzien, Connie Haynes, Mike Hernandez, Mary Petra Rodriquez, Norah Sanchez, Sergio Sanchez, Kathy Winkelman, Steve Winkelman, Rebecca Van Vorst, Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2013, 11 (6) 568-570; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1586

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Ned Norman, Shirley Cowart, Maret Felzien, Connie Haynes, Mike Hernandez, Mary Petra Rodriquez, Norah Sanchez, Sergio Sanchez, Kathy Winkelman, Steve Winkelman, Rebecca Van Vorst, Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall
The Annals of Family Medicine Nov 2013, 11 (6) 568-570; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1586
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    • ORIGINS OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
    • TESTING TO PREVENT COLON CANCER
    • 6 MONTHS OF BOOT CAMP TRANSLATION
    • COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT MADE THE DIFFERENCE
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