Health care seeking and access to health services in immigrant communities: A study with immigrants and health professionals;Procura de cuidados e acesso aos serviços de saúde em comunidades imigrantes: Um estudo com imigrantes e profissionais de saúde

Arquivos de Medicina

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 253-259

  Dias, Sónia ^a   Rodrigues, Rita ^a   Silva, António ^b   Horta, Rosário ^b   Cargaleiro, Helena ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Ministério da Saúde ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Access and utilization of health services; Focus groups; Health care seeking behavior; Health personnel; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; COMPETENCE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT; KNOWLEDGE; LAW; NURSE; OFFICE WORKER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84855700876     PISSN: 08713413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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