Stroke and heart disease prevention education via telenovela: A focus group's evaluation

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 215-219

  Vaughn, Stephanie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural context; Ethnography; Health behavior; Latina; Telenovela

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION NURSING; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REHABILITATION NURSING; STROKE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84866019659     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: 20487940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnj.53     Document Type: Article

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