Identifying culturally appropriate strategies for educating a Mexican immigrant community about lead poisoning prevention

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-152

  Vallejos, Quirina ^a   Strack, Robert W ^b   Aronson, Robert E ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health education; Immigrant; Latino; Lead poisoning; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 33645865866     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200604000-00009     Document Type: Article

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