Health literacy and asthma management among African-American adults: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 703-713

  Melton, Courtnee ^a   Graff, Carolyn ^a   Holmes, Gretchen Norling ^b   Brown, Lawrence ^c   Bailey, Jim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Health disparities; Minority health; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CULTURE; HEALTH DISPARITIES; MINORITY HEALTH; PATIENT-PROVIDER COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASTHMA; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84906244655     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.906605     Document Type: Article

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