Female African Americans and health research
By: Nana T. Ileweng and Ellen B. Parsons (editors).
Contributors: Ileweng, Nana T.; Parsons, Ellen B.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781604564426
Subjects: African American women -- Health and hygiene; African American women -- Diseases -- Risk factors; Women's Health -- ethnology -- United States; Women's Health Services -- United States; African Americans -- United States; Health Promotion -- United States; Health Services Research -- United States; Life Style -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: African American women's perceptions of health and exercise behavior: a qualitative investigation / Joan B. Landry, Errol D. Crook, Melinda Solmon; title: High rates of vascular risk factors and dementia among African American women in South Carolina: a public health intervention opportunity / James N. Laditka ... [et al.]; title: The entangled concept of empowerment on HIV risk in African American women / David E. Vance ... [et al.]; title: Hazard, outrage, and health communication at targeted publics / Patric R. Spence, Kenneth A. Lachlan; title: Resting energy expenditure and bone mineral density in postmenopausal African-American women / Afrooz Afghani; title: Promoting dietary health in older African American women: some recommendations for community-based health interventions / Penny A. Ralston; title: Factors associated with cancer screening among African American women / Deborah F. Farmer, Ronny A. Bell; title: The effects of interviewer race on anxiety in African Americans / Monnica Williams, Eric Turkheimer; title: Physical activity interventions in African American women / Ashutosh Atri, Manoj Sharma; title: Recruiting African American women into chemoprevention trials: Gail model as an education tool / Karen Patricia Williams, Resche D. Hines, and Jonathan N. Livings.