Breaking down the barriers: A qualitative study to understand child oral health in refugee and migrant communities in Australia

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 241-257

  Riggs, Elisha ^a,b   Gibbs, Lisa ^b   Kilpatrick, Nicky ^a   Gussy, Mark ^c   Van Gemert, Caroline ^d   Ali, Saher ^e   Waters, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

child oral health; cultural competence; health beliefs; migrant; qualitative research; refugee

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; LEBANON; MALE; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ; LEBANON; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PAKISTAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84924531839     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2014.907391     Document Type: Article

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