Health promotion interventions for disadvantaged women: Overview of the WISEWOMAN projects

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 484-502

  Will, Julie C ^a   Farris, Rosanne P ^a   Sanders, Charlene G ^a   Stockmyer, Chrisandra K ^a   Finkelstein, Eric A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINORITY GROUP; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 3543134872     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1540999041281025     Document Type: Review

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