Practicing Preventive Health: The Underlying Culture Among Low-Income Rural Populations

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-282

  Murimi, Mary W ^a   Harpel, Tammy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Preventive health; Qualitative research; Rural populations; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955143424     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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