Talking about health and health care: Experiences and perspectives of Latina women in a farmworking community

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 23-40

  Farr, Kathryn Ann ^a   Wilson Figueroa, Maria ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030824633     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n02_02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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