Talking (or Not) About Family Health History in Families of Latino Young Adults

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 571-580

  Corona, Rosalie ^a   Rodríguez, Vivian ^a   Quillin, John ^a   Gyure, Maria ^a   Bodurtha, Joann ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; communication; family health history; Latino adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY; FAMILY RELATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LATINO ADULTS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY; LATINO ADULTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884493946     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198112464495     Document Type: Article

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