“It has not occurred to me to see a doctor for that kind of feeling”: a qualitative study of Filipina immigrants’ perceptions of help seeking for mental health problems
Abstract Background Immigrant women face greater barriers to health care, especially mental health care, than non-immigrant women. However, immigrants are a heterogeneous group and bring with them a range of different personal, social, cultural and economic factors, which impact both mental health a...
Main Authors: | Melanie L. Straiton, Heloise Marie L. Ledesma, Tam T. Donnelly |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-05-01
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Series: | BMC Women's Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-018-0561-9 |
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