Suppose X is a real q -uniformly smooth Banach space and F , K : X → X are Lipschitz ϕ -strongly accretive maps with D ( K ) = F ( X ) = X . Let u ∗ denote the unique solution of the Hammerstein equation u + K F u = 0 . An iteration process recently introduced by Chidume and Zegeye is shown to converge strongly to u ∗ . No invertibility assumption is imposed on K and the operators K and F need not be defined on compact subsets of X . Furthermore, our new technique of proof is of independent interest. Finally, some interesting open questions are included.