African Americans with Memory Loss: Findings from a Community Clinic in Lexington, Kentucky

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 437-447

  Danner, Deborah D ^a,b   Smith, Charles D ^a   Jessa, Peace ^a,b   Hudson, JoAnna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHRISTIANITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRUST;

EID: 47949131228     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2008.04.002     Document Type: Review

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