A qualitative exploration of access to urban migrant healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Arnold, Christine ^a   Theede, Jason ^b   Gagnon, Anita ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access; Healthcare; Kenya; Migrant; Migration; Nairobi; Urban

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; REFUGEE; URBAN SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; KENYA; MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ACCESS; HEALTHCARE; KENYA; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NAIROBI; URBAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899580911     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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