Enhancing research with migrant women through focus groups

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 735-754

  Ruppenthal, Luciana ^a   Tuck, Jodi ^b   Gagnon, Anita J ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Focus group; Migrant; Refugee asylum seeker; Reproductive health; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TRUST; VALIDATION STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TRUST; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 26244458541     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945905277157     Document Type: Article

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