Sojourner syndrome and health disparities in African American women

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-321

  Lekan, Deborah ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Discrimination; Emancipatory knowing; Health disparity; Intersectionality; Sojourner Syndrome; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 73849122268     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181bd994c     Document Type: Article

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