Assessment of preventive health knowledge and behaviors of African-American and Afro-Caribbean women in urban settings

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1644-1651

  Brown, Necole ^a,d   Naman, Priya ^b   Homel, Peter ^c   Fraser White, Marilyn ^a   Clare, Richard ^a   Browne, Ruth ^a  

^a Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health   (United States)

^b Scythe Analytics   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health risk knowledge; Preventive health behaviors; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750585046     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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