Increasing Community Capacity to Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities in African American Communities

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 552-560

  Jones, Pamela R ^a   Waters, Catherine M ^b   Oka, Roberta K ^b   McGhee, Eva M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Capacity building; Cultural competence; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECORDING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649580236     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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