Social support among African Americans with heart failure: Is there a role for community health advisors?

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Durant, Raegan W ^a,b   Brown, Qiana L ^c   Cherrington, Andrea L ^a   Andreae, Lynn J ^a   Hardy, Claudia M ^d   Scarinci, Isabel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Community health advisors; Heart failure; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84872152860     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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