“I Have to Age in This Body”: Lesbian and Bisexual Older Women's Perspectives on a Health Behavior Intervention

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages S63-S70

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Washington, Karla T ^a   Wintemberg, Jenna J ^b   Williams, Amy ^a   Redman, Sarah Davis ^c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MODEL; PERCEPTION; SCIENTIST; SUPPORT GROUP; AGED; AGING; BISEXUALITY; BODY WEIGHT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LESBIANISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL MINORITY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BISEXUALITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL MINORITIES;

EID: 84991669501     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2016.03.011     Document Type: Article

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