The African American Experience in the Islamic Faith

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 478-486

  Ohm, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b BAKER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health promotion; Leininger's Sunrise Model; Muslim; Nation of Islam; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MODEL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SPIRITUALITY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344688228     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20608.x     Document Type: Review

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