"Nobody told me nothin": Communication about menstruation among low-income African-American women

Women and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-78

  Cooper, Spring Chenoa ^a   Koch, Patricia Barthalow ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Attitudes; Communication; Learning; Low socio economic status (SES); Menarche; Menopause; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MENSTRUATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36649007233     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v46n01_05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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