Research opportunities with curanderos to address childhood overweight in latino families

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-14

  Clark, Lauren ^a   Bunik, Maya ^b   Johnson, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Community partnerships; Ethnography; Focused; Growth and development; Mexican Americans; Obesity; Traditional and folk medicine; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 74049091320     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309355285     Document Type: Article

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