Mental health literacy in Hmong and Cambodian elderly refugees: A barrier to understanding, recognizing, and responding to depression

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-344

  Lee, Hee ^a   Lytle, Kathy ^a   Yang, Pa ^a   Lum, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMBODIA; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA;

EID: 78649379979     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.71.4.d     Document Type: Article

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