Somali Immigrant Women's Health Care Experiences and Beliefs Regarding Pregnancy and Birth in the United States

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-81

  Hill, Nancy ^a   Hunt, Emmy ^a   Hyrkäs, Kristiina ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural sensitivity; focus group interview; maternal child; prenatal care; Somali women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RELIGION; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOMALIA; TAPE RECORDING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84855414143     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611423828     Document Type: Article

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