The health beliefs of old order mennonite women in rural Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-111

  Dabrowska, Ewa M ^a   Bates, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Old order mennonite; Pennsylvania deutsch; Place; Rural; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ONTARIO; PROTESTANTISM; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77950583229     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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