Social connectedness and mobile phone use among refugee women in Australia

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 325-336

  Walker, Rae ^a   Koh, Lee ^a   Wollersheim, Dennis ^a   Liamputtong, Pranee ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Mobile phones; Peer support; Refugee women; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926293254     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12155     Document Type: Article

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