Community perspectives: Mixed-methods investigation of culture, stress, resilience, and health

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1 SUPPL.2, 2010, Pages

  Abdou, Cleopatra M ^a,d   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^a   Jones, Felica ^b   Roubinov, Danielle ^a,e   Tsai, Sid ^a,f   Jones, Loretta ^b   Lu, Michael ^a   Hobel, Calvin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Healthy African American Families Program   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Culture; Family; Health disparities; Resilience; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MINORITY GROUP; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACISM; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053189217     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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