Health literacy, language, and ethnicity-related factors in newcomer asthma patients to Canada: A qualitative study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 315-322

  Poureslami, Iraj ^a   Rootman, Irving ^b   Doyle Waters, Mary M ^a   Nimmon, Laura ^a   FitzGerald, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access barriers; Asthma control; Asthma management; Health literacy; Immigrant communities; Participatory approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

ASTHMA; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 79960130125     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9405-x     Document Type: Article

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