Mental health service utilization by Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in Toronto

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 925-934

  Fenta, Haile ^a,b,d   Hyman, Ilene ^b,c   Noh, Samuel ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopians; Mental health; Migration; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFUGEES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 33845789059     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000249109.71776.58     Document Type: Article

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