Support and education of immigrants with chronically ill children: Identified needs from a case study of Turkish and Kurdish families

Health Education Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Povlsen, Lene ^a,b   Karlberg, Ingvar ^c   Ringsberg, Karin C ^a  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Chronically ill children; Education; Immigrants; Support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFLICT; DENMARK; DIABETES EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 38949215042     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896907086156     Document Type: Article

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