Mobilizing the community to address the prenatal health needs of immigrant punjabi women

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-214

  Bhagat, Radhika ^a,e   Johnson, Joy ^b   Grewal, Sukhdev ^a   Pandher, Preet ^c   Quong, Elizabeth ^d   Triolet, Kathy ^a  

^a Vancouver/Richmond Health Board   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c South Vancouver Neighbourhood House   (Canada)

^d North Community Health Office ^*  (Canada)

^e North Community Health Office   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Health; Immigrant population; Prenatal care; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0036584744     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0737-1209.2002.19309.x     Document Type: Article

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