Providing Health Education to Appalachia Populations

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 293-301

  Denham, Sharon A ^a   Meyer, Michael G ^b   Toborg, Mary A ^b   Mande, Mary J ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toborg Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Culture; Family health; Health education; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 16644401279     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200411000-00005     Document Type: Article

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