Challenges facing minority women in achieving good health: Voices of Arab women in Israel

Women and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-166

  Daoud, Nihaya ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab women in Israel; Focus groups; Health inequalities; Obstacles to good health; Patriarchy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISRAEL; JEW; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ARABS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58149361914     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802313530     Document Type: Article

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