Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage
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Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage
BACKGROUND Record numbers of people, across the world, are forced to be displaced because of conflict or other violations of their human rights, thus becoming refugees. Often, refugees not only have a higher burden of disease but also compromised access to healthcare, as they face many barriers, such as limited knowledge of the local language. However, there is very limited knowledge on the liv...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0694-8