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Abstract
This article introduces the concept of health-protective behavior and examines the practices and attitudes that shape health care behaviors among rural black elderly women. Data for this study were collected from a sample of 407 black elderly women (ages 60 to 98) who resided in a rural community in North Carolina. Personal interviews collected information on personal health care practices, health self-perception, health beliefs.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1537577 DOI: 10.1093/hsw/17.1.28
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Soc Work ISSN: 0360-7283