Health literacy of an urban business community

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 242-253

  Johnson, Barbara H ^a   Hayes, Sandra C ^b   Ekundayo, Olugbemiga T ^a   Wheeler, Primus ^c   Ford, D'Arcy M ^d  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Jackson Medical Mall Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Community empowerment; Health education; Health literacy; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMERCE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860473629     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0028     Document Type: Article

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