Use of mental health-related services among immigrant and US-born Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Abe Kim, Jennifer ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^b   Hong, Seunghye ^b   Zane, Nolan ^c   Sue, Stanley ^c   Spencer, Michael S ^d   Appel, Hoa ^b   Nicdao, Ethel ^b   Alegría, Margarita ^e,f  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FILIPINO; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILIPPINES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 33846081606     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.098541     Document Type: Article

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