A comparative study of family functioning, health, and mental health awareness and utilization among female Bedouin-Arabs from recognized and unrecognized villages in the Negev

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-196

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a   Graham, John R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; ARABS; AWARENESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 32644446997     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330500457978     Document Type: Article

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