Examining Christian views toward the Affordable Care Act: The importance of race and denomination

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 7-28

  McGregor, Alecia J ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordable Care Act; Catholic; Evangelicals; health reform; public opinion; race; religion

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHRISTIANITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85067083248     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852352.2019.1617520     Document Type: Article

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