The relationship between acculturation and oral contraceptive use among Korean immigrant women

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-102

  Lee, Jongwon ^a   Jezewski, Mary Ann ^b   Wu, Yow Wu Bill ^b   Carvallo, Mauricio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Korean immigrant women; Oral contraceptives; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952321387     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20417     Document Type: Article

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