Meaning or measurement? Researching the social contexts of health and settlement among newly-arrived refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 414-440

  Gifford, Sandra M ^a   Bakopanos, Christine ^a   Kaplan, Ida ^b   Correa VVelez, Ignacio ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health and wellbeing; Refugee adolescents; Research methods; Settlement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; POLICY STRATEGY; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SERVICE PROVISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 35348960539     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fem004     Document Type: Article

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