Surveying linguistically challenged Southeast Asian American populations: Use of a community-partnered methodology

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1101-1114

  Nguyen, Giang T ^a   Yuen, Elaine J ^b   Hsu, Leah ^c   Kue, Kao ^d   Nguyen, Thoai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (SEAMAAC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based surveys; Immigrants; SE Asians; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051877826     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0080     Document Type: Article

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