The Adolescent Health Care Broker—Adolescents Interpreting for Family Members and Themselves in Health Care

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 739-747

  Banas, Jennifer R ^a   Ball, James W ^a   Wallis, Lisa C ^a   Gershon, Sarah ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Waukegan High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Community health; Healthcare; Immigrant; Interpreting; Limited English proficiency; School health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ATTENTION; FAMILY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRANT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 85011290981     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-016-0312-5     Document Type: Article

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