title: Effects of family disruption on Southeast Asian refugee women.
abstract: Identifying refugee women at a high risk of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress is an important role of the nurse, so that appropriate interventions--including family and community support--can be implemented. Below, an assessment of Southeast Asian refugee women experiencing emotional distress from the disruption of family ties that occurred during war, escape and resettlement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cowell
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health