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A Pilot Program in Collaboration with Community Centers to Increase Awareness and Participation in Skin Cancer Screening Among Latinos in Chicago

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Acknowledgments

Dr. Hernandez is the recipient of the Dermatology Foundation Women’s Health Career Development Award and an Institute for Health Research and Policy Pilot Grant. Hajwa Kim’s participation was supported via UIC CCTS grant number UL1RR029879.

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  1. Department of Dermatology (MC 624), University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 South Wood Street, Room 376 CME, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Claudia Hernandez

  2. University of Illinois at Chicago, Medical Center Administration Building, 914 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Hajwa Kim

  3. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, 851 S. Morgan St, 218 SEO, Chicago, IL, 60607-7052, USA

    Gerardo Mauleon

  4. Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, 828 South Halsted Street, MC 204, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Adriana Ruiz

  5. Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 132 E. Delaware #5806, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    June K. Robinson

  6. Institute for Health Research and Policy and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W. Roosevelt Road (MC 275), Chicago, IL, 60608, USA

    Robin J. Mermelstein

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Hernandez, C., Kim, H., Mauleon, G. et al. A Pilot Program in Collaboration with Community Centers to Increase Awareness and Participation in Skin Cancer Screening Among Latinos in Chicago. J Canc Educ 28, 342–345 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-013-0454-4

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