Somali and Oromo refugee women: Trauma and associated factors

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 577-587

  Robertson, Cheryl Lee ^a   Halcon, Linda ^a   Savik, Kay ^a   Johnson, David ^b   Spring, Marline ^c   Butcher, James ^c   Westermeyer, Joseph ^b   Jaranson, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; International health; Public health nursing; Refugees; Survey design; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE;

EID: 33751282186     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04057.x     Document Type: Article

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