Popular health promotion strategies among Chinese and East Indian immigrant women

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-40

  Ahmad, Farah ^a,d   Shik, Angela ^a   Vanza, Reena ^a   Cheung, Angela ^b   George, Usha ^c   Stewart, Donna E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health promotion; Immigrant; Strategies; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13644253683     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n01_02     Document Type: Article

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