A Health Assessment of Refugee Children From Former Yugoslovia in Tarrant County

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dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, Murial
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRene, Antonio
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSandhu, Raghbir
dc.creatorPodgore, John K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:21:36Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:21:36Z
dc.date.issued2001-12-01
dc.date.submitted2014-05-30T08:00:05-07:00
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to provide an assessment of the health status and health care utilization of children from former Yugoslavia living in Tarrant County. Additionally an assessment of barriers and problems encountered by these families in obtaining health care for their children was presented. One hundred thirteen households of refugee families arriving in Tarrant County from 1998 through 2000 participated by answering a 79 item health information questionnaire. The results revealed that most of the refugee families had no regular health care provider to assure continuity of medical care. Lack of access to dental care and inappropriate utilization of hospital emergency facilities were also identified as problems. Insufficient understanding of health insurance issues and inability to access health information were additional problems. Addressing these problems by local and state health care agencies may help to improve health care delivery for these and future refugee children.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29272
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectHealth and Medical Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectInternational Public Health
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subjectHealth status
dc.subjecthealth care use
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectformer Yugoslavia
dc.subjectTarrant County
dc.subjectproblems
dc.subjectbarriers
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectrefugees
dc.subjectrefugee family
dc.subjectdental care
dc.subjectemergency room
dc.subjecthealth insurance
dc.subjectunderstanding
dc.titleA Health Assessment of Refugee Children From Former Yugoslovia in Tarrant County
dc.typeProfessional Report
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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