Hypertension Prevention Beliefs of Hispanics

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-142

  Aroian, Karen J ^a   Peters, Rosalind M ^b   Rudner, Nancy ^c   Waser, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NRudner Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; community health; Hispanics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84858655836     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611433871     Document Type: Article

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