Factors influencing attitudes towards seeking professional help among east and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee women

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-231

  Fung, Kenneth ^a   Wong, Yuk Lin Renita ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CANADA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

EID: 34247529368     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006074541     Document Type: Article

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