Opportunity cost: The impact of contextual risk factors on the cardiovascular health of low‐income rural southern african american women

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 315-324

  Appel, Susan J ^a   Giger, Joyce Newman ^b   Davidhizar, Ruth Elaine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETHEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Cardiovascular risk; Health disparities; Poverty; Vulnerable populations; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 32944460312     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200509000-00005     Document Type: Article

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