Marginalisation, discrimination and the health of Latino immigrant day labourers in a central North Carolina community

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 527-537

  Fleming, Paul J ^a   Villa Torres, Laura ^a   Taboada, Arianna ^b   Richards, Chelly ^c   Barrington, Clare ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Farmworker Justice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

day labourer; discrimination; immigrant; marginalisation; migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION;

EID: 84959423386     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12338     Document Type: Article

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