Participatory action research as a strategy for empowering Aboriginal health workers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 784-788

  Hecker, Rosalind ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; READING; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0031459099     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01795.x     Document Type: Article

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