Cultural Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Health and Health Care Among Asian-Born Women in the United States

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-385

  Zhao, Meng ^a   Esposito, Noreen ^a   Wang, Kefang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian born; Cultural beliefs; Health beliefs; Immigrant; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955132345     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Review

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