Well-being in refugee women experiencing cultural transition

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-263

  Baird, Martha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

community based collaborative action research; cultural transition; ethnography; postcolonial critical feminism; situation specific theory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864860658     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e31826260c0     Document Type: Article

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