The perception of youth health centres' friendliness: does it differ between immigrant and Swedish-Scandinavian youths?
Background Ensuring a good quality service and equal access according to need for all young people is a key objective of the Swedish health system. The aim of this study was to explore youths' perception of youth health centres' (YHCs') friendliness and to assess the differences in perception betwee...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 780 - 786 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2020
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