Integrated connection to neighborhood storytelling network, education, and chronic disease knowledge among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-415

  Kim, Yong Chan ^a   Moran, Meghan B ^b   Wilkin, Holley A ^c   Ball Rokeach, Sandra J ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79953849975     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2010.546483     Document Type: Article

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