"First aid for scalds" campaign: Reaching Sydneys Chinese, Vietnamese, and Arabic speaking communities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 104-108

  King, Lesley ^a   Thomas, Margaret ^b   Gatenby, Kristen ^b   Georgiou, Angela ^b   Hua, Myna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Media campaign; Multicultural health promotion; Scald prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHILD; CHINA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUSTRALIA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE EAST; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0033143427     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.2.104     Document Type: Article

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