Promoting Hmong refugees' well-being through mutual learning: Valuing knowledge, culture, and experience

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-93

  Goodkind, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hmong; Mutual learning; Refugee well being; Refugee women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KNOWLEDGE; LAOS; LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LAOS; LEARNING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33646481046     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-005-9003-6     Document Type: Article

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