Health literacy within the reality of immigrants' culture and language

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Zanchetta, Margareth S ^a   Poureslami, Iraj M ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian society; Culture; Diversity; Ethnocultural community; Health literacy; Language; Newcomers; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINORITY GROUP; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33745441694     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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