title: Ethnic differences in adolescents' perceived health status: preliminary findings.
abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify ethnic differences in the perceived health status among three ethnic groups of adolescents. Significant differences were found for perceived health as measured by the General Health Rating Index (GHRI) [R2, 94) = 8.11, p = .0006]. Tukey's post hoc analysis showed that European American and Latino American subjects scored higher on the GHRI than African Americans. These preliminary findings have implications for further research on perceived health status among ethnically diverse populations of adolescents.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas, Austin School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rew
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States