Disadvantages in mental health care among African Americans

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 17-23

  Holden, Kisha Braithwaite ^a   Xanthos, Clare ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Inequalities in mental health care; Mental health; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; PREJUDICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449116349     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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