Strategies for targeting health care disparities among hispanics

Family and Community Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-342

  Daniel, Manju ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; health care access; health care disparities; Hispanics; minority health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MULTILINGUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956260489     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e3181f3b292     Document Type: Article

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