Social service utilization, sense of community, family functioning and the mental health of new immigrant women in Hong Kong

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1735-1746

  Wu, Qiaobing ^a   Chow, Julian Chun Chung ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Family functioning; New immigrant women; Sense of community; Social service utilization

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING; SENSE OF PLACE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; AGED; FAMILY RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877613729     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10051735     Document Type: Article

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