Help-seeking and service use for dementia in Italian, Greek and Chinese Australians

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-404

  Low, Lee Fay ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b   Lackersteen, Steven M P ^a   Camit, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Nurses' Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

dementia; help seeking; racial minorities; service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956221332     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.536134     Document Type: Article

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