White paper on the health status of Filipino Americans and recommendations for research

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-15

  Dela Cruz, Felicitas A ^a   McBride, Melen R ^b   Compas, Lolita B ^c   Calixto, Pete Reuben ^d   Van Derveer, Corazon Paca ^e  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Philippine Nurses Assoc of America   (United States)

^d Philippine Nurses Assoc of America   (United States)

^e LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FILIPINO; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NURSING; UNITED STATES; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036358466     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mno.2002.121429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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