Cultural perceptions of health and diabetes among native american men

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1029-1043

  Cavanaugh, Casey L ^a   Taylor, Christopher A ^a   Keim, Kathryn S ^c   Clutter, Jill E ^b   Geraghty, Maureen E ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Health Sciences Division

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diet; Health; Native American; Physical activity; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149198964     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0083     Document Type: Article

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