title: New Russian immigrants: health problems, practices, and values.
abstract: As with many ethnic immigrant groups, the Russian immigrants have experienced drastic cultural shock. Even thought there has been tremendous increases in the number of Russians relocating to the United States of America (U.S.A.), very little health care-related information is available about Russian immigrants. This article explores Russian immigrants' themes of potential stress, health problems, and self-care/self-help strategies as reported by a focus group of Russian immigrants in a large U.S.A. southern metropolitan city.
authors.affiliation: State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, USA.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D017144:Focus Groups; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012426:Russia / Q000208:ethnology; D012648:Self Care; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States