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Finding Information on Immigrant and Refugee Health
Danielle M. Carlock, MA, MALS, AHIP
Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
Health care providers working with immigrant and refugee populations need to find and access information related to patient care and to direct patients to culturally and linguistically appropriate health information. This article shows how to find this type of information using online databases, library catalogs, and the Internet. Special emphasis is placed on conducting subject searches in online databases such as PubMed and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. Also provided is an appendix listing Web sites on immigrant and refugee health.
Key Words: immigrant • refugee • information retrieval • database searching
References
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada. (2004). Facts and figures 2004, immigration overview, permanent and temporary residents. Retrieved April 2006 from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/facts2004/overview/1.html
- Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Information Systems. (2006). The CINAHL database. Retrieved May 2006 from http://www.cinahl.com/prodsvcs/cinahldb.htm
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- Statistics Canada. (2001). Immigrant population by place of birth, by province and territory: 2001 Census. Retrieved March 2006 from http://www.40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo34a.htm
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Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 18, No. 4,
373-379 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607305196
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