Church and Spirituality in the Lives of the African American Community

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-383

  Giger, Joyce Newman ^a   Appel, Susan J ^b   Davidhizar, Ruth ^c   Davis, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Bethel College   (United States)

Author keywords

African American church; barriers to access; organizational involvement; religious involvement; spirituality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLERGY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PASTORAL CARE; POVERTY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849093171     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608322502     Document Type: Article

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