Medication adherence beliefs of community-dwelling hypertensive African Americans

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Lewis, Lisa M ^a   Askie, Pheobe ^a   Randleman, Shirley ^b   Shelton Dunston, Brenda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Beauty Showcase Museum   (United States)

^c Black Women's Health Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Disparities; Hypertension; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILADELPHIA; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951062074     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181c7ccde     Document Type: Article

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