The influence of culture and context on the pre- and post-migration experience of school-aged refugees from Central America and Southeast Asia and Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1115-1127

  Rousseau, Cecile ^a   Drapeau, Aline ^a   Corin, Ellen ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Context; Culture; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIOLENCE;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

CHILDREN; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; IMMIGRANTS' EXPERIENCE; REFUGEES; SOCIAL NETWORK;

CANADA;

EID: 0030620831     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00243-2     Document Type: Article

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