Health care access and preventive care among Vietnamese immigrants: Do traditional beliefs and practices pose barriers?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1049-1056

  Jenkins, Christopher N H ^a   Le, Thao ^b   McPhee, Stephen J ^a   Stewart, Susan ^c   The Ha, Ngoc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Inst for Mental Hlth Serv Res   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Prevention; Tradition; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030271324     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00368-1     Document Type: Article

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