title: Health status, health problems and practices among refugees from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.
abstract: Recent refugees from Poland, Romania, Iraq, and Vietnam were extensively interviewed to assess their health, health care utilization, and health services use barriers.  277 recent arrivals from these countries and 63 previously arrived Laotians comprised the 1983-1985 sample from the Detroit metropolitan area.  Results from a 195-item bilingual questionnaire indicated good overall health and little evidence of serious physical health symptoms.  Dental health was the area of greatest reported need.  Prenatal care and mental health services were additional areas of need noted by researchers.  Barriers to health service utilization were primarily language related.  There were major differences in both health problems and health service utilization among the 4 groups surveyed.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bukoff
authors.lastname: Waller Jb
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Blount
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001211:Asia, Western; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D006302:Health Services Research; D007493:Iraq; D007812:Laos; D008603:Mental Health; D009656:North America; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011044:Poland; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012036:Refugees; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012383:Romania; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review; D014744:Vietnam
keywords: Americas; Asia; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Europe; Europe; Evaluation; Health; Health Services; Health Services Evaluation; International Migration; Iraq; Laos; Measurement; Mental Health; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Obstacles; Organization And Administration; Poland; Population; Population Dynamics; Program Evaluation; Programs; Qualitative Evaluation; Refugees; Research Methodology; Romania; Southeastern Asia; United States; Utilization Review; Viet Nam; Western Asia