Channels of health communications used among Korean and Asian Indian older adults

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Lee, Ji Seon ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Asian indian; Health communication; Korean; Older adult

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KOREA; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEW YORK CITY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 76949096030     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380903157997     Document Type: Article

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