Understanding high-risk behavior among non-dominant minorities: A social resistance framework

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1292-1301

  Factor, Roni ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Williams, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acting white; Ethnicity; Health behaviors theory; Minorities; Non dominant groups; Race; Resistance; Socioeconomic status; Unhealthy behaviors

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 81555197070     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.027     Document Type: Article

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