Advocacy as a means to an end: Assisting refugee women to take ontrol of their reproductive health needs

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 7-25

  Guerin, Pauline B ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^b   Elmi, Fatuma Hussein ^c   Baho, Samio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Community based participatory research; Refugee; Reproductive health; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33751256307     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n04_02     Document Type: Article

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