Preventive care in Appalachia: Use of the theory of planned behavior to identify barriers to participation in cholesterol screenings among West Virginians

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-374

  Deskins, Shelli ^a   Harris, Carole V ^a   Bradlyn, Andrew S ^a   Cottrell, Lesley ^a   Coffman, Jessica W ^a   Olexa, Julie ^a   Neal, William ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 33749146078     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2006.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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