Measuring blood pressure knowledge and self-care behaviors of African Americans

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 543-552

  Peters, Rosalind M ^a   Templin, Thomas N ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Instrument development; Self care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149269899     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20287     Document Type: Article

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