Enabling and empowering - The need for an integrated approach to address hypertension among African adults

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-518

  Gokah, Theophilus K ^a   Gumpo, Reginah ^b  

^a Visiting Lecturer   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77952931274     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq028     Document Type: Article

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