Alternative view of health behavior: The experience of older Korean women

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-332

  Yang, Jin Hyang ^a   Yang, Bok Sun ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b Margaret Pritchard University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cultural competence; culture; health behavior; older people; phenomenology; women's health

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952306598     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310379238     Document Type: Article

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