Family violence exposure and health outcomes among older African American women: Do spirituality and social support play protective roles?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1899-1904

  Paranjape, Anuradha ^a   Kaslow, Nadine ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL SUPPORT SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL AND MENTAL COMPOSITE SCORES OF THE SHORT FORM 8 SCALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL WELL BEING SCALE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77957986954     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1845     Document Type: Article

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