"Your body is God's temple": The spiritualization of health beliefs in multigenerational African American families

Research on Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 420-446

  King, Sharon V ^a   Burgess, Elisabeth O ^a,c   Akinyela, Makungu ^a   Counts Spriggs, Margaret ^b   Parker, Nesonya ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gerontology Institute at Georgia State University ^*

Author keywords

African American families; Health; Multigenerational; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORY;

EID: 20444412343     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027505276315     Document Type: Article

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