Ethiopian Refugees in the UK: Migration, Adaptation and Settlement Experiences and their Relevance to Health

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-73

  Papadopoulos, Irena ^a   Lees, S ^b   Lay, M ^b   Gebrehiwot, A ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asylum Seekers; Beliefs; Cultural Competence; Ethiopian; Help Seeking; Migrants; Migration; Refugees; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; HEALTH STATUS; REFUGEE;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342505288     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785042000202745     Document Type: Article

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