Social support as road map and vehicle: An analysis of data from focus group interviews with a group of African American women

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Di Martile Bolla, Christine ^a   De Joseph, Jeanne ^b   Norbeck, Jane ^c   Smith, Renee ^d  

^a SAMUEL MERRITT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dept of Family Health Care Nursing ^*

^c School of Nursing

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030265624     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1996.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

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