Adolescent health and adaptation in Canada: Examination of gender and age aspects of the healthy immigrant effect

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kwak, Kyunghwa ^a,b   Rudmin, Floyd ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Health and adaptation; Healthy immigrant effect

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMMIGRANT; RESIDENCE TIME;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964313049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0103-5     Document Type: Article

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