Racial differences in social engagement and health status among older women

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-122

  Tang, Fengyan ^a   Heo, Jeongim Grace ^a   Weissman, Merrille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; older women; social engagement

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL WORK; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651250725     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350902986930     Document Type: Article

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