Key informants' perceptions of health care for elders at the U.S.-Mexico border

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-233

  Guo, Guifang ^a,b,c   Phillips, Linda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Arizona Geriatric Education Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Border health; Health disparity; Mexican culture; Participatory action research; Underserved elder populations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; ARIZONA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33745306739     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.230304.x     Document Type: Article

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