Using a mixed-methods approach to identify health concerns in an African American community

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2087-2092

  Weathers, Benita ^a   Barg, Frances K ^b   Bowman, Marjorie ^b   Briggs, Vanessa ^c   Delmoor, Ernestine ^d   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Johnson, Jerry C ^b   Purnell, Joseph ^e   Rogers, Rodney ^f   Halbert, Chanita Hughes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania   (United States)

^d National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer   (United States)

^e Southwest Action Coalition   (United States)

^f Christ of Calvary Community Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80054995691     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.191775     Document Type: Article

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