Exploring health beliefs and care-seeking behaviors of older USA-dwelling Mexicans and Mexican-Americans

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-599

  Rogers, Anissa T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural competence practice; disparities (health, racial); health; immigrants; Latino a

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CROSS SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HERB; IMMIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; STANDARDIZATION; TEA; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650154817     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2010.500018     Document Type: Article

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