Health beliefs about depression among African American women

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Waite, Roberta ^a   Killian, Priscilla ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Attitude; Depression; Depression treatment; Health belief; Health Belief Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CUES; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW ENGLAND; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; TRUST; WOMEN;

EID: 47249129479     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2008.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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