Examining the relationship between social support availability, urban center size, and self-perceived mental health of recent immigrants to Canada: A mixed-methods analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue , 2015, Pages 220-230

  Chadwick, Kathryn A ^a   Collins, Patricia A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Recent immigrants; Self perceived mental health; Settlement services; Social supports; Urban center size

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; RELOCATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN CENTER SIZE; AGED; CHILD; CITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CITIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84921477206     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.036     Document Type: Article

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