title: Health-protective behaviors of rural black elderly women.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wilson-Ford
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires