Providing health messages to Hispanics/Latinos: Understanding the importance of language, trust in health information sources, and media use

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 252-263

  Clayman, Marla L ^a   Manganello, Jennifer A ^b   Viswanath, K ^c   Hesse, Bradford W ^d   Arora, Neeraj K ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650196492     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.522697     Document Type: Article

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