Low awareness of cardiovascular disease risk among low-income African-American women.
Focus groups were conducted with low-income African-American women in six different community settings in Northern California to assess their awareness of and concern for cardiovascular disease (CVD). These women had low awareness of the prevalence of CVD, attributed CVD to stress and low socioeconomic status, saw the media as an important source of health-related knowledge, and saw a need for more community awareness on CVD among African-American people.
Behera
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Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Winkleby
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MA
Collins
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002140:California; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D016387:Women's Health