Health Promotion in the Hutterite Community and the Ethnocentricity of Empowerment

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-28

  Brunt, J Howard ^a,b   Lindsey, Elizabeth ^a,c   Hopkinson, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Nursing Research Unit

^c Department of Nursing ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031087319     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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