Knowledge and practice: The risk of cardiovascular disease among Asian Indians. Results from focus groups conducted in Asian Indian communities in Northern California

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 497-504

  Kalra, Preety ^a   Srinivasan, Shobha ^c   Ivey, Susan ^b   Greenlund, Kurt ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Cardiovascular risk; Focus groups; Interventions; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ACCULTURATION; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 7444229871     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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