Acculturation, Health Literacy, and Illness Perceptions of Hypertension among Hispanic Adults

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 386-394

  Perez, Amelia ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; health literacy; Hispanics; hypertension; illness perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL NURSING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938928336     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659614524785     Document Type: Article

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