Navigating a new health culture: Experiences of immigrant hispanic women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1168-1174

  Sanchez Birkhead, Ana C ^a   Kennedy, Holly Powell ^b   Callister, Lynn Clark ^a   Miyamoto, Teresa Paredes ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing age Hispanic women; Culture and health; Health disparities; Health promotion; Hispanic immigrants; Immigrant health; Public health; Racial discrimination; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755189264     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9369-x     Document Type: Article

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