Unpacking dietary acculturation among New Americans: Results from formative research with African refugees

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 342-358

  Patil, Crystal L ^a   Hadley, Craig ^b   Nahayo, Perpetue Djona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Africa; Anthropology; Biocultural; Children; Diet; Health; Immigrant; Liberia; Migration; Nutrition; Refugee; Somali Bantu

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIBERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349323652     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9120-z     Document Type: Article

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