Providing Care for Migrant Farm Worker Families in Their Unique Sociocultural Context and Environment

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-166

  Connor, Ann ^a   Layne, Laura ^b   Thomisee, Karen ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fulton County Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; community partnership; cultural competence; low resource setting; migrant farm workers; social responsibility; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949320315     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659609357631     Document Type: Article

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