The first contacts between healthcare providers and newly-arrived asylum seekers: A qualitative study about which issues need to be addressed

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 668-673

  Suurmond, J ^a   Rupp, I ^a   Seeleman, C ^a   Goosen, S ^b   Stronks, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Association for Community Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health issues; Newly arrive asylum seekers; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DUTCH; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH ISSUES; NEWLY ARRIVE ASYLUM SEEKERS; QUALITATIVE STUDY;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84880709911     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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