Using focus groups to develop a heart disease prevention program for ethnically diverse, low-income women

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 439-453

  Gettleman, Lynn ^a   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cardiovascular diseases; Ethnic groups; Focus groups; Health behavior; Hispanic Americans; Social class; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0033734821     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005155329922     Document Type: Article

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