Communicating health risks in the Pacific: Scientific construct and cultural reality

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 90-97

  Finau, Sitaleki A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communication; Cultural democracy; Health promotion; Pacific; Social literacy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SCIENCE;

COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SCIENCE;

EID: 0034584271     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950001200207     Document Type: Article

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