The effects of discrimination and acculturation to service seeking satisfaction for latina and Asian American women: Implications for mental health professions

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-59

  Huang, Bu ^a   Appel, Hoa ^b   Ai, Amy L ^c  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Asian American woman; education; immigration; Latina women; mental health service seeking; patient satisfaction; Race and gender related discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE EDUCATION; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651234244     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350903341077     Document Type: Article

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