Low-Income Housing Policy and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Women’s Health: The Importance of Nursing Inquiry and Intervention

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-342

  Welch, Dinah ^a   Kneipp, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; housing policy; women s health

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644982805     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154405283300     Document Type: Article

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