Racial/ethnic differences in parent-reported barriers to accessing children's health services

Psychological Services

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-273

  Young, Andrea S ^a   Rabiner, David ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health disparities; Mental health services; Racial ethnic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938200375     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: 1939148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038701     Document Type: Article

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