An Intersectional Approach to Social Determinants of Stress for African American Men: Men's and Women's Perspectives

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Griffith, Derek M ^a   Ellis, Katrina R ^b   Allen, Julie Ober ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; manhood; masculinity; men; men's health; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANHOOD; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORKPLACE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; MANHOOD; MASCULINITY; MEN; MEN'S HEALTH; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84890963177     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313480227     Document Type: Article

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