Hispanic Acculturation: A Concept Analysis

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Siatkowski, A Amelia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; concept analysis; health behavior; Hispanics; Latino population

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 34848826838     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607305193     Document Type: Article

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