Mental Health Needs and Service Utilization by Hispanic Immigrants Residing in Mid-Southern United States

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-368

  Bridges, Ana J ^a   Andrews, Arthur R ^a   Deen, Tisha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic; immigrant; Latino; mental health; psychiatric mental health; service utilization; survey design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ARKANSAS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866748164     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612451259     Document Type: Article

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