The role of social support and acculturative stress in health-related quality of life among day laborers in Northern San Diego

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Salgado, Hugo ^a,b   Castañeda, Sheila F ^a,b   Talavera, Gregory A ^a,b   Lindsay, Suzanne P ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Behavioral and Community Health (IBACH)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturative stress; Day laborers; Latino; Migrants; Social support; Undocumented

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860836698     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9568-0     Document Type: Article

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