A sense of community among immigrant latinas

Family and Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-177

  Bathum, Mary Elizabeth ^a,b   Baumann, Linda Ciofu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Immigrant health; Latinas; Latinos; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 34250350309     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000277760.24290.de     Document Type: Article

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