Evidence of African-American women's frustrations with chronic recurrent bacterial vaginosis

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Payne, Sandra C ^a   Cromer, Pamela R ^b   Stanek, Michele K ^a   Palmer, Allyson A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health disparities; Healthcare satisfaction; Qualitative analysis; Sexual health; Sexual intimacy; Vaginitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SHAME; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SHAME; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DOUCHING; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN;

EID: 77449093441     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2009.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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