Perceptions of the religiong-health connection among African Americans in the Southeastern United States: Sex, age, and urban/rural differences

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-80

  Holt, Cheryl L ^a,b   Schulz, Emily ^a   Wynn, Theresa A ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Qualitative; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPIRITUALITY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 59049104297     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198107303314     Document Type: Review

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