Improving qualitative interviews with newly arrived migrant women

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 976-986

  Merry, Lisa ^a   Clausen, Christina ^a   Gagnon, Anita J ^a   Carnevale, Franco ^a   Jeannotte, Julie ^b   Saucier, Jean Francois ^c   Oxman Martinez, Jacqueline ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLSC Vaudreuil Dorion   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross cultural; health seeking; immigrants; interviews; migrants; postpartum care; qualitative analysis; research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ADULT; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 79959409846     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311403497     Document Type: Article

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