Values expressed through intergenerational family food and nutrition management systems among African American women

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-16

  Ahye, Brenda A ^a   Devine, Carol M ^b   Odoms Young, Angela M ^c  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Family roles; Intergenerational; Values; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644826950     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200601000-00003     Document Type: Article

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