Using National Data Sets to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Black Americans: Challenges and Opportunities

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-95

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^a   Johnson, Jonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; health disparities; National survey of American Life; Program for Research on Black Americans

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58749106662     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013594     Document Type: Article

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