Barriers and influences in seeking health care among lower income minority women

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 85-99

  Esser Stuart, Joan E ^a   Lyons, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family support and spirituality; Focus groups; Health care access; Minority women; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036378611     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v35n03_06     Document Type: Article

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