Preparedness for cardiac emergencies among cambodians with limited English proficiency

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-180

  Meischke, Hendrika ^a   Taylor, Victoria ^b   Calhoun, Rebecca ^a   Liu, Qi ^c   Sos, Channdara ^b   Tu, Shin Ping ^a   Yip, Mei Po ^a   Eisenberg, Devora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CPR; Emergency preparedness; Immigrants; Language; Limited English proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CAMBODIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAMBODIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857036997     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9433-z     Document Type: Article

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