Perceived Threat of Alzheimer’s Disease Among Chinese American Older Adults: The Role of Alzheimer’s Disease Literacy

Fei Sun, Xiang Gao and David W. Coon

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2015, vol. 70, issue 2, 245-255

Abstract: Objectives. Guided by a Sociocultural Health Belief Model (SHBM), this study examined the roles of cultural beliefs of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and scientific knowledge of AD in influencing the perceived threat of AD in a sample of Chinese American older adults.

Date: 2015
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