Health perceptions of low-income, immigrant Spanish-speaking Latinas in the United States

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-63

  Hartweg, Donna L ^a   Isabelli García, Christina ^a  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health perceptions; Immigrants; Latinas; Qualitative; Spanish speaking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649122698     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/154041507780978914     Document Type: Article

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