Matching health needs of refugee children with services: How big is the gap?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 466-470

  Raman, Shanti ^a   Wood, Nicholas ^b   Webber, Murray ^c   Taylor, Kellie Ann ^d   Isaacs, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comprehensive health assessments; Health needs of refugee children; Refugee health; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULIN TEST; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WELLBEING; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW SOUTH WALES; REFUGEES;

EID: 70350316243     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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