Self-Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans: Culture, Health Disparities, and Health Insurance Status
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Self-care among chronically ill African Americans: culture, health disparities, and health insurance status.
Little is known about the self-care practices of chronically ill African Americans or how lack of access to health care affects self-care. Results from a qualitative interview study of 167 African Americans who had one or more chronic illnesses found that self-care practices were culturally based, and the insured reported more extensive programs of self-care. Those who had some form of health i...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.94.12.2066