Hard-to-reach? Using health access status as a way to more effectively target segments of the Latino audience

Health Education Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-253

  Wilkin, Holley A ^a   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953193057     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyq090     Document Type: Article

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