Typologies of rural lay-health advocacy among rural women in Australia

Women and Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 27-47

  Warren, Narelle ^a   Markovic, Milica ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gynecological health; Reproductive health; Rural women; Typology of advocacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33751219907     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v43n04_03     Document Type: Article

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