Barriers Accessing Mental Health Services Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Immigrant Women in Australia: Policy Implications

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 697-701

  Wohler, Yvonne ^a   Dantas, Jaya Ar ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Australia; Barriers; Immigrant women; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84961768993     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0402-6     Document Type: Article

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