Sociocultural factors influencing delay in seeking routine health care among latinas: A community-based participatory research study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-154

  Insaf, Tabassum Z ^a   Jurkowski, Janine M ^b   Alomar, Ladan ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c Centro Civico of Amsterdam Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Community Based participatory research; Healthcare utilization; Latina

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954072294     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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