Health and use of health services: A comparison between Gypsies and Travellers and other ethnic groups

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-377

  Peters, Jean ^a   Parry, Glenys D ^a   Van Cleemput, Patrice ^a   Moore, Julia ^a   Cooper, Cindy L ^a   Walters, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gypsies and Travellers; Health; Health services

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SERVICES; ISLAMISM; MODEL VALIDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINORITY GROUP; MOSLEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; ASIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGINA;

EID: 68849093741     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802699130     Document Type: Article

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