Health Beliefs, Practice, and Priorities for Health Care of Arab Muslims in the United States: Implications for Nursing Care

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-291

  Odeh Yosef, Abdel Raheem ^a  

^a California School of Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; culture; health beliefs; health practices; Muslim

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45349106354     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608317450     Document Type: Article

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