Conceptual considerations in studies of cultural influences on health behaviors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 353-355

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Culture; Disparities; Ethnicity; Measurement; Minority; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84868302552     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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