Influence of traditional Vietnamese culture on the utilisation of mainstream health services for sexual health issues by second-generation Vietnamese Australian young women

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Rawson, Helen ^a   Liamputtong, Pranee ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Qualitative research; Sexual health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST; VICTORIA; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649115967     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08040     Document Type: Article

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