African American women's beliefs, coping behaviors, and barriers to seeking mental health services

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1589-1601

  Ward, Earlise C ^a   Clark, Le Ondra ^a   Heidrich, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coping and adaptation; Dimensional analysis; Mental health and illness; Stigma; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70449123304     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309350686     Document Type: Article

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