A systematic review of questionnaires measuring the health of resettling refugee women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-149

  Gagnon, Anita J ^a,b   Tuck, Jodi ^b   Barkun, Laurie ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BATTERED WOMAN; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOMATIZATION; STANDARD; STRESS; THEORY; TORTURE; VIOLENCE;

BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1142286275     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490267503     Document Type: Review

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