Reducing health disparities by improving quality of care: Lessons learned from culturally diverse women

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-92

  Shoultz, Jan ^a,b,e   Fongwa, Marie ^a   Tanner, Barbara ^b   Noone, Joanne ^c   Phillion, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Kauai Community College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^e 2528 McCarthy Mall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally diverse women; Health disparities; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILIPPINES; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILIPPINES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644888846     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200601000-00016     Document Type: Article

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