Understanding public resistance to messages about health disparities

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 493-510

  Gollust, Sarah E ^a   Cappella, Joseph N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897971846     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.821561     Document Type: Article

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