Effect of an eye health education program on older African Americans' eye care utilization and attitudes about eye care

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-76

  Owsley, Cynthia ^a   McGwin, Gerald ^b   Searcey, Karen ^a   Weston, June ^a   Johnson, Angelia ^a   Stalvey, Beth T ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Girkin, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Education; Ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTACLES; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880847056     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30087-0     Document Type: Article

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