Maternal-child immigrant health training: Changing knowledge and attitudes to improve health care delivery

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Gany, Francesca ^a   De Bocanegra, Heike Thiel ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural sensitivity; Immigrant; Maternal child; Provider training

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342468741     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(95)00786-5     Document Type: Article

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