Newcomers health in brantford and the counties of brant, haldimand and norfolk: Perspectives of newcomers and service providers

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 925-931

  Sethi, Bharati ^a,b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b not available   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Health; Immigrants; Newcomers; Rural; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION;

EID: 84883559884     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9675-6     Document Type: Article

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