Student access to primary health care and preventive health screening at a school-based health centre in South Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1218, 2005, Pages

  Denny, Simon ^a   Balhorn, Anita ^b   Lawrence, Aniva ^c   Cosgriff, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Otahuhu College   (New Zealand)

^c South Seas Healthcare   (New Zealand)

^d Centre for Youth Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27344459468     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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