A new clinic model for refugee health care: Adaptation of cultural safety

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Reavy, K ^a   Hobbs, J ^b   Hereford, M ^a   Crosby, K ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

CARE Clinic; Clinic model; Cultural safety; Ediatric health care; Health advisor; Prenatal health care; Refugees; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861112113     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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