Health beliefs of rural Canadians: Implications for practice

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 258-263

  Thomlinson, Elizabeth ^a   McDonagh, Meg Kathleen ^a   Crooks, Kathryn Baird ^b   Lees, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Medicine Hat   (Canada)

^c Keewatin Community College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Remote; Resources; Rural; Values

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSIC; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SLEEP; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 11844254418     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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