Cross-cultural differences in dementia: the Sociocultural Health Belief Model

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 517-530

  Sayegh, Philip ^a   Knight, Bob G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; cross cultural differences; cultural values; dementia; diagnosis; ethnic minorities; ethnicity; healthcare seeking

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGGRESSION; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MODEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOCULTURAL HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; STIGMA; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

ACCULTURATION; AGING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874150209     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021200213X     Document Type: Review

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