Refugees connecting with a new country through community food gardening

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9202-9216

  Harris, Neil ^a,b   Minniss, Fiona Rowe ^b   Somerset, Shawn ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community food garden; Nutrition transition; Refugee health; Social connectedness

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORCED MIGRATION; GARDEN; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LAND TENURE; MARGINALIZATION; REFUGEE;

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD GARDENING; FOOD SECURITY; GARDENING; HUMAN; MIGRANT; REFUGEE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING; AUSTRALIA; BLACK PERSON; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GARDENING; HUMANS; QUEENSLAND; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84908065694     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909202     Document Type: Article

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