Child health promotion and protection among Mexican mothers

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 588-605

  Gallagher, Martina Raquel ^a   Gill, Sara ^b   Reifsnider, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Cultural values; Health promotion; Mexican

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 46749100199     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945907309752     Document Type: Article

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