Well-Being in Dinka Refugee Women of Southern Sudan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-21

  Baird, Martha B ^a   Boyle, Joyceen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

African refugees; cultural transitions; Dinka tribe; transcultural health; well being; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUDAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84855384294     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611423833     Document Type: Article

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