New-immigrant women in urban Canada: Insights into occupation and sociocultural context

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-220

  Martins, Vanessa ^a   Reid, Denise ^b  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Occupational adjustment; South Asian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INTERVIEW; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SRI LANKA; THEORY; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37349012879     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.233     Document Type: Article

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