Language spoken and differences in health status, access to care, and receipt of preventive services among US hispanics

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2021-2028

  Dubard, C Annette ^a   Gizlice, Ziya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LANGUAGE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 55249089449     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.119008     Document Type: Article

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