Exploring the role of self-management programmes in caring for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia

Health Expectations

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-323

  Walker, Christine ^a   Weeks, Amanda ^b,c   McAvoy, Brian ^d   Demetriou, Elsa ^e  

^a Chronic Illness Alliance Inc   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d National Cancer Control Initiative   (Australia)

^e Asthma Friendly Children's Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Culture; Ethnicity; Focus groups; Self management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; VIET NAM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; VICTORIA;

EID: 27844522243     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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