Financial Hardship and Self-Rated Health Among Low-Income Housing Residents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-448

  Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^a   Harley, Amy E ^b   Stoddard, Anne M ^c   Sorensen, Glorian G ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; health disparities; mental health; social determinants; social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNITY HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITIES; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880442788     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198112463021     Document Type: Article

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