Assessing health concerns and barriers in a heterogeneous Latino community

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 899-909

  Martinez, Iveris L ^a   Carter Pokras, Olivia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Health services accessibility; Hispanic Americans; Minority groups; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 33845611971     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0129     Document Type: Article

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