How Does Health Information Influence African American Men's Health Behavior?

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-163

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Ellis, Katrina R ^a   Allen, Julie Ober ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

health education; health promotion and disease prevention; men o.c.lor; men's health interventions; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857417453     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988311426910     Document Type: Article

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