Usefulness of the Construct of Social Network to Explain Mental Health Service Utilization by the Maori Population in New Zealand

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-454

  Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Oakley Browne, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptive strategies; service utilization; social network; social support

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAORI; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACCULTURATION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 52349094300     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461508094675     Document Type: Article

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