Preparing Dietetics Practitioners to Effectively Serve the Hispanic Population

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-364

  Heiss, Cynthia J ^a   Rengers, Bruce ^a   Fajardo Lira, Claudia ^b   Henley, Samantha M ^a   Bizeau, Mike ^a   Gillette, Cynthia Dormer ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETETICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MANPOWER; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIETETICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951719955     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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