The family-school-primary care triangle and the access to mental health care among migrant and ethnic minorities

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 682-690

  Gonçalves, Marta ^a,b   Moleiro, Carla ^a  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to mental health concepts; Help seeking behaviour; Intercultural competence; Migrant and ethnic minority families; Primary strategies of action

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PORTUGAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84865866138     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9527-9     Document Type: Article

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