The Impact of John Henryism on Self-Reported Health Behaviors in African American Men

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-296

  Lehto, Rebecca H ^a   Stein, Karen Farchaus ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; community health; correlational design; health behavior; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL DESIGN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN; COMMUNITY HEALTH; CORRELATIONAL DESIGN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84879041149     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659613481673     Document Type: Article

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