Assessing the needs and guiding the future: Findings from the health needs assessment in 13 Asian American communities of maryland in the united states

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-401

  Lee, Sunmin ^a   Ma, Grace X ^b   Juon, Hee Soon ^c   Martinez, Genevieve ^a   Hsu, Chiehwen E ^d   Bawa, Julie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Cancer; Focus groups; Health needs assessment; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960139365     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9310-3     Document Type: Article

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