Delivering services to the Bangladeshi community: the views of healthcare professionals in East London

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 935-941

  Abbott, Stephen ^a   Riga, Michael ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Health Personnel; Poverty; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BANGLADESH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36249012432     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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