Health of migrants with precarious status: Results of an exploratory study in montrealpart B

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 469-481

  Brabant, Zoé ^a   Raynault, Marie France ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to health care; health inequalities; living conditions; Migrants; precarious status

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84865237530     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2011.592079     Document Type: Article

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