Effects of social integration on health: A prospective study of community engagement among African American women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-298

  Fothergill, Kate E ^a   Ensminger, Margaret E ^a   Robertson, Judy ^a   Green, Kerry M ^b   Thorpe, Roland J ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aging; Community engagement; Ethnicity; Longitudinal; Mental health; Physical health; Social integration; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING POPULATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; ETHNICITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSISTENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CHICAGO; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650905535     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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