Association between family communication and health literacy among underserved racial/ethnic women

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 391-405

  Zambrana, Ruth E ^a   Meghea, Cristian ^b   Talley, Costellia ^c   Hammad, Adnan ^d   Lockett, Murlisa ^b   Williams, Karen Patricia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast and cervical cancer; Family communication; Health literacy; Kin KeeperSM; Medically underserved; Women s health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARAB; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ARABS; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928190785     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2015.0034     Document Type: Article

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