Food security and child hunger among recently resettled liberian refugees and asylum seekers: A pilot study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Hadley, Craig ^a,c   Sellen, Daniel ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Food insecurity; Liberia; Poverty; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIBERIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SHOPPING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; LIBERIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748178357     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9007-9     Document Type: Article

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