Stigma, discrimination, or symptomatology differences in self-reported mental health between US-born and Somalia-born Black Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 861-867

  Henning Smith, Carrie ^a   Shippee, Tetyana P ^a   McAlpine, Donna ^a   Hardeman, Rachel ^a   Farah, Farhiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOMALIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876835999     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301184     Document Type: Article

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