Frailty, family, and church support among urban African American elderly

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-99

  Bowles, Jacqueline ^a,b   Brooks, Theodore ^e   Haves Reams, Phyllis ^e   Butts, Trudi ^c   Myers, Hector ^a   Allen, Walter ^a   Kington, Raynard S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sepulveda VA GRECC   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^e UCLA ^*

Author keywords

African american elderly; Church; Family; Frailty; Social support

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034136417     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0533     Document Type: Article

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