Acculturation Differences in Communicating Information About Child Mental Health Between Latino Parents and Primary Care Providers

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1093-1102

  Cook, Benjamin Lê ^a,b   Brown, Jonathan D ^c   Loder, Stephen ^a   Wissow, Larry ^d  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Children s mental health; Immigration; Latino mental health; Patient provider communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912038450     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0010-2     Document Type: Article

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