Effects of racial discrimination and health behaviors on mental and physical health of middle-class African American men

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-44

  Sellers, Sherrill L ^a   Bonham, Vence ^b   Neighbors, Harold W ^c   Amell, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Health behaviors; Physical and mental health; Racial discrimination; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 59049100750     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106293526     Document Type: Review

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