Latina food patterns in the United States: A qualitative metasynthesis

Nursing Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-193

  Gerchow, Lauren ^a   Tagliaferro, Barbara ^b   Squires, Allison ^a   Nicholson, Joey ^b   Savarimuthu, Stella M ^c   Gutnick, Damara ^b   Jay, Melanie ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^d New York Veterans Affairs Harbor Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

food patterns; Hispanic Americans; Latinas; obesity; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAMILY RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900305869     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000030     Document Type: Review

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