Perceived Versus Actual Risk for Hypertension and Diabetes in the African American Community

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-46

  Graham, Garth N ^a   Leath, Brenda ^b   Payne, Kermit ^c   Guendelman, Maya ^d   Reynolds, Gladys ^a   Kim, Soo ^a   James, Barbara ^e   Ware, Donald ^a   Hunter, Mildred ^a   Burwell, Audrey ^a   Buggs, Georgia ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b National Consortium for African American Children (NCAAC)   (United States)

^c JoshuaGroup   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Conference of Grand Masters Prince Hall Masons Worldwide ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

actual risk; African Americans; cultural competency; data collection; diabetes; hypertension; minorities; perceived risk; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645074719     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905283891     Document Type: Article

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