Preliminary tests of an ecological model of hispanic farmworker health: Special features: Theory

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-564

  Ward, Louise S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Farmworker health; Migrant workers; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35548958786     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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