Physical activity of Korean immigrant women in the U.S.: Needs and attitudes

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 567-577

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Choe, Myoung Ae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Korean; Needs; Physical activity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0035489391     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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