Determinants of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors among arab immigrants from the region of the levant

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-477

  Aqtash, Salah ^a,b,c   Van Servellen, Gwen ^d  

^a Abu Dhabi Health Services Co   (United Arab Emirates)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab immigrants; Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile; Health promotion; Health status; Unhealthy behaviors; Wellness behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARAB IMMIGRANTS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTING LIFESTYLE PROFILE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS; UNITED STATES; WELLNESS BEHAVIORS; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARAB IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH PROMOTING LIFESTYLE PROFILE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS; WELLNESS BEHAVIORS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891723685     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21555     Document Type: Article

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