Health services

  • Determinants of Black women’s health in rural and remote communities.

    The On the Margins project investigated health status, health-care delivery, and use of health services among African-Canadian women residing in rural and remote regions of the province of Nova Scotia.A participatory action research approach provided a framework for the study.Triangulation of data-collection methods โ€” interviews, focus groups, and questionnaires โ€” formed the basis of data…

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  • Health Service Utilization by Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto

    The purpose of this study was to examine the health service utilization patterns of Ethiopian immigrants and refugees in a random sample of 342 adults residing in Toronto. The results suggested that 85% of the study participants used one or more type of health services, most often from a family physician. However, only 12.5% of…

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