Sources of health information in a multiethnic, underserved, urban community: Does ethnicity matter?

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 583-594

  Geana, Mugur V ^a   Kimminau, Kim S ^b   Greiner, K Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960713442     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.551992     Document Type: Article

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