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Accessibility of health and social services to immigrant elders
— the Islington Study | | Author(s) | G Livingston, G Leavey, G Kitchen |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 180, April 2002 |
| Pages | pp 369-373 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Health services ; Services ; Usage [services] ; Accessibility ; Cross sectional surveys ; Islington. |
| Annotation | In this cross-sectional study, 1,085 people aged 65+ living in Islington were interviewed. Independent predictors of contact with a general practitioner (GP) included being born in Cyprus: Cypriots were the only immigrant population to report significantly more somatic symptoms than those born in the UK. Africans and Afro-Caribbeans used day care and other social services most frequently. While it would appear that older immigrants access primary and secondary health care and social care services, an under-reporting of contact with psychiatric services suggests a continued stigma. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021120203 A |
| Classmark | TK: L: I: QLD: 5CA: 3KB: 82LK |
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