Promoting Mental Health Through Empowerment and Community Capacity Building
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Date
2010
Authors
Wong, Yuk-Lin Renita
Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
Fung, Kenneth P.
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Abstract
Effective mental health promotion must consider the social determinants of health and integrate the principles of social inclusion, access and equity into health programs. Attention to issues of ‘cultural competence’ and ‘cultural sensitivity’ is not enough.
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Immigration, Mental Health, Health
Citation
Wong, Y. R., Wong, J. P., & Fung, K. P. (2010). Mental health promotion through empowerment and community capacity building among East and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee women. Canadian Issues: Immigrant Mental Health, Summer Issue, 108-113.