Reaching African American men: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-158

  Plowden, Keith O ^a   John, Wendell ^b,c   Vasquez, Elias ^d   Kimani, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b Twin County Rural Health Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EMPATHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MODELS, NURSING; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRUST;

EID: 33748268714     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2303_2     Document Type: Article

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