Korean American Storeowners’ Perceived Barriers and Motivators for Implementing a Corner Store-Based Program

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-482

  Song, Hee Jung ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Kim, Miyong ^a   Suratkar, Sonali ^a   Sharma, Sangita ^b   Anliker, Jean ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

corner stores; Korean American merchants; nutrition intervention

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FOOD HABITS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SMALL BUSINESS;

EID: 80052057855     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839910364369     Document Type: Article

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