Characteristics of African American women caregivers of children with asthma

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-38

  Sterling, Yvonne M ^a,b   Peterson, Jane W ^c,d  

^a LSUHSC School of Nursing   (United States)

^b School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

African American caregivers; Asthma; Childhood chronic illness; Ethnography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NURSE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; TEACHER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037267090     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200301000-00008     Document Type: Review

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