Barriers and facilitators to civic engagement among elderly African immigrants in Oslo

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-174

  Gele, Abdi A ^a,b   Harsløf, Ivan ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Elderly immigrants; Health of immigrants; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NORWAY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; AGED; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84860559817     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9423-8     Document Type: Article

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