Influence of benefits, barriers and cues to action for complementary and alternative medicine use among university students

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mhatre, Shivani ^a   Artani, Sarah ^a   Sansgiry, Sujit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; cues to action; Health Belief Model; perceived barriers; perceived benefits; students

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHIROPRACTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952342989     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1511     Document Type: Article

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