What is the scope of improving immigrant and ethnic minority healthcare using community navigators: A systematic scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shommu, Nusrat Sharmeen ^a   Ahmed, Salim ^a   Rumana, Nahid ^a   Barron, Gary R S ^a   McBrien, Kerry Alison ^a   Turin, Tanvir Chowdhury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Immigrant; Navigator; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CANCER; DATABASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; IMMIGRANT; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MINORITY HEALTH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIGRANT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT NAVIGATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954102724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0298-8     Document Type: Review

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