“Racism Still Exists”: A Public Health Intervention Using Racism “Countermarketing” Outdoor Advertising in a Black Neighborhood

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 851-872

  Kwate, Naa Oyo A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Black; Countermarketing; Neighborhoods; Outdoor advertising; Public health intervention; Racism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911995499     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9873-8     Document Type: Article

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