title: Health-related practices and priorities: the health behaviors and beliefs of community-living Black older women.
abstract: Black older women were found to have a high mean level of adherence to recommended health-protecting behaviors. Participants perceived that adherence to health-protecting behaviors played a highly important role in helping them to live a long and health life. Nurses must direct increased attention and intervention to the importance of practicing primary prevention behaviors as an assertion of control over the future health, well-being, and quality of life of Black older women.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Panicucci
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*