Health care information in African American churches

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 242-256

  Harmon, Brook E ^a   Kim, Sei Hill ^a   Blake, Christine E ^a   Hébert, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Consumer health information; Faith based; Health care access

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; RELIGION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 84893499625     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0047     Document Type: Article

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